Reviews
Island Records Presents Ska: 40 Original Ska Classics
Best known as a British rock label, Island Records actually began life in Jamaica in 1959. Its Harrow–educated founder, Chris...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: June/2013
Prayers Beyond Words
Israel has for years been home to a number of masterful exponents of traditional Arabic, Turkish and Persian instruments such...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Oye Manita
When a 39-year-old Totó La Momposina arrived in Paris in June 1979 as a refugee from Colombia, she had already...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018
Massilia
Massilia Sound System celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2014, a phenomenal achievement for any band. In their native France they’re...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2015
Alchemya
There have been a number of African-Iberian musical experiments over the years, but when an African vocal kicks in on...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Sister Pili + 2
Moreno & L’Orchestra First Moja-One
While visiting my brother in Nairobi in 1983, we went to a nightclub and heard Batamba Wenda Morris (aka Moreno)....
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Vignettes
Vignettes is a series of small windows into the life, history and identity of its creator, London-based sitar player and...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021
Me Decidí
Can it really be five years since the last CD from the Duke of bachata, Joan Soriano? No wonder life's...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: April/2016
On Tour/Reunion
It's 1965, British Guiana is on the cusp of independence, ready to throw off the corrupt yoke of Albion, and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
