Reviews
Strength to Survive: Deluxe EU Version
Last year, Virginia-based reggae outfit SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) released their fourth album Strength to Survive. The title was...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013
The Village
Although most of the compositions on this CD are based on traditional Zimbabwean songs, it would be fair to say...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2013
Orchestra Popolare Campana
Ever since Orchestra della Notte della Taranta took the stage at the massively well-attended Melpignano folklore night, and the formation...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2013
Les Percussions de Guinée Vols 1 & 2
A welcome reissue of the two classics from Guinea's national supergroup, this was assembled to promote Guinean culture on the...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: March/2013
Radio Bagdad
Musical fusions are capricious beasts: there is no foolproof recipe for success, however interesting the idea behind them or talented...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2013
Live and Raw
Raw indeed. And a lot of that rawness is courtesy of Dennis Wint, Invisible System's frontman, best described as a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
Kachupada
With Verdade, her 2010 release, Carmen Souza introduced herself to the world as a kind of Cape Verdean Diana Krall....
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013
Beneath a Level Head
It is fashionable for Western indie bands to use the rhythms and riffs of African music to spice up their...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2013
Punky Halal
It's been 14 years since French Maghreb-influenced band Les Boukakes first started rocking not just the casbahs but the world...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2013
Rebetiko Gymnastas
Last hard being lured to his demise by the call of a siren at the climax of his album Marinai,...
Reviewed by David Hutcheon in issue: March/2013
