Reviews
Alerta Canibal
Founders of Spain's mestizo movement, fusing salsa, rock, ska, funk, cumbia and the rhythms of Afrobeat with the attitude of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Dilhayat Kalfa: Eserleri Classics
As well as being a composer of distinction and an instrumentalist in the Ottoman court at the beginning of the...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: May/2018
Black Times
With Femi Kuti's musical output slowing in recent times, his younger brother Seun's passion continues to burn bright as he...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: May/2018
Volo Hazo
Three guitarists from three different generations, all from Madagascar, have produced an album that could quite easily sit on an...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018
The Morning Tempest
Having recently picked up Radio 2's Young Folk Award, Josie Duncan and Pablo Lafuente have released their debut album, and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2018
Sròmos
Piper and flute player with popular Scottish band Breabach, James Duncan Mackenzie comes from Back on the Isle of Lewis...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2018
Music Without Borders
It's been nearly 20 years since the release of the groundbreaking album From Senegal to Setesdal, the outstanding and legendary...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2018
Vamo a Gozá
Supported by the Grammy Foundation, Irka Mateo travelled around the Dominican Republic documenting genres, even bringing one, comarca, to the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2018
Live at the NCH
Dublin's National Concert Hall has become a home from home for The Gloaming – they spent seven nights there in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2018
