Reviews
Selva
Listen to the opening of ‘Cumbia de la Selva’ and you’ll find yourself unsure where it's taking you. Spain or...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2016
Afrika Festival: Live in Hertme
The annual Afrika Festival in Hertme in the Netherlands has become one of the highlights of the European festival circuit...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2016
The Rough Guide to Ethiopian Jazz
Rough Guides turns its attention to the wonderful world of Ethio-jazz. The trap of focusing only on Buda Musique's landmark...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2016
Overnight
The award-winning duo's first album for Rough Trade is their finest work to date, and certainly among the best folk...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2016
Black Smoke
Born on remote Groote Eylandt, the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off coastal Arnhem Land, Emily Wurramara's family...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2016
Instar
Ecology, politics, and the rigours and inequities of the present framed by the struggles and injustices of the past are...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2016
Flit
Martin Green is best known as the accordion and electronica genius from Lau, but he's also a bravely experimental soloist....
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2016
Do Not Obey
It's 20 years since Murat Ertel and Levent Akman founded the Istanbul-based psychedelic band Baba Zula. Firmly ensconced in that...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2016
Diatakendiya
Given the name Cissokho, it is almost inevitable that this will be a fine example of West African griot music....
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2016
