Reviews
Blue Cha Cha
Galbán’s pedigree as Cuba’s finest electric guitarist ran from his 1960s work with Los Zafiros to his late flowering on...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Black Tarantella
The Neapolitan composer, saxophonist and singer crosses paths here with a dozen world music artists, rock celebrities and prominent Italian...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Walk With Me
It’s been a tough couple of years for The Skatalites. Two of the legendary ska group’s founding members passed away...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Tumbuka Voices
Emerging from the same cultural and geographical milieu as the recent Malawi Mouse Boys’ album, Umoza (meaning ‘togetherness’) is a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Quoi D’Autre?
Karima Nayt is an Algerian dancer and singer whose peripatetic CV seems to have taken her to Sweden, where she...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
El Aaiún Egdat
It is only appropriate to explain that I first heard Mariem Hassan’s declamatory voice opening her new album on a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Springtime Fool
Their catchy folk-pop choruses and carefree vagabond spirit recall The Levellers at their best. But there is much more to...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Hickory
There’s no denying that this album gets off to a flying start. The first two rollicking tunes fly along, sounding...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Musicatelama
Guitarist, composer and occasional singer Mose Fan Fan is one of the few survivors of Congo’s Orchestre OK Jazz to...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Edery Sings Yupanqui
Gerard Edery was born in Casablanca but raised in New York and Paris. Of Sephardic Jewish heritage (note the name...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
