Reviews
Red Hot + Fela
This is the latest in the series of albums that the Red Hot organisation have released to raise money and...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: June/2026
Tu Comu Stai?
These two albums feature different perspectives on Sicilian musical traditions. Trinacria, taking its name from the old Greek name of...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: June/2026
800% Ndagga
Mark Ernestus presents Jeri-Jeri
These two releases have come out with little fanfare, which belies what is a unique musical pairing. Berlin’s Mark Ernestus...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: June/2026
Now
The Swedish fiddler Ellika Frisell and the Senegalese kora player Solo Cissokho won a BBC Radio 3 Award for World...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2026
Vocal Superstars at King Jammy’s
Probably the most inventive of producer King Tubby’s dub apprentices, King Jammy took computerised reggae and gave it a defibrillating...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2026
Rendhagyó Prímástalálkozó II
A few years ago there was a great recording of Hungarian music called Primás Parade on Folk Europa records, which...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2026
Brazilian Beats 7
One of the great things about the Brazilian Beats series is that it has precious few restraints to its remit....
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2026
The Groove Maker
Gurdain Rayatt, a disciple of Shankar Ghosh, recorded his solo tabla recital from the Darbar Festival live at Kings Place...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: June/2026
Kashmir: Sufyana Kalam from Srinagar
Sufi music from Pakistan and India, particularly qawwali, is well-known, but the traditions of Kashmir are little-known – partly because...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2026
Skycatcher
Hasidic Jewish crossovers aside, New York’s reggae scene has become trademarked by large, brass heavy dub groups who use guest...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2026
