Reviews
Acoustic
Along with Alpha Blondy and the late Lucky Dube, Ivory Coast’s Tiken Jah Fakoly is part of a righteous trinity...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
Mirantes Emocionais
Melo, a young Brazilian composer, guitarist and singer, with his band O Ministério da Consciência, presents his take on not...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2024
Live
A veteran of Mali’s oldest dance orchestra Super Biton de Ségou, Mama Sissoko became the band’s guitarist in 1972. When...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024
Diamond Days
Diamond Days may be his first solo album in four years but Brooks Williams is no slouch. Since 2020’s Work...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2024
(In search of) New Flemish Masters
Abdulrasol is a brave and intriguing musician. A multi-instrumentalist born in Iraq and now based in Belgium, he plays an...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024
Ni A Nhw
The unassuming genius that is Carwyn Ellis offers a selection of his wonderful songs and tunes on his album Ni...
Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: April/2024
King Perry
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters | Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
When visionary dub producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry died in 2021, it came as a surprise. At 85, Perry’s energy seemed...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: April/2024
Martin Carthy
This seminal 1965 debut from the godfather of the 60s English folk revival is reissued on vinyl as part of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2024
Suave Bruta
There has recently been a wave of new approaches in Britain and continental Europe to mainland Latin American music, often...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2024
