Reviews
Tribalistas II
One uses the term ‘supergroup’ with caution, but Tribalistas unite three giants of MPB, (Música Popular Brasileira). The golden-voiced Marisa...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa
If time travel ever becomes a viable option, Africa during the 1960s and 70s will be a priority destination if...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2012
Aou Amwin
A life dedicated to maloya music and an approach that has allowed a music to evolve within the traditional acoustic...
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Trovaores
Antonio Placer Sextet & Antonio Campos
Antonio Placer is a Galician singer, poet and songwriter who describes himself as ‘exiled’ in France. Trovaores, his latest release...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: March/2021
Bamako Moon
So-called reality is warped on Bamako Moon, as Dan Harper, otherwise known as Invisible System, reconfigures core material from his...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2021
Sing It for a Lifetime
Heidi Talbot’s latest album is borne from separation and adversity – recorded in a home in the process of being...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022
American Legacies
Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Del McCoury Band
What's most surprising about this unlikely collaboration between two groups – one rooted in traditional New Orleans jazz, the other...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: July/2011
Mosese
The man behind BBE's latest Tabansi Records re-release, recorded in Nigeria in 1979, hails from the Congo basin: Lumingu Puati...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: December/2019
The Hare's Corner
Released in his native Ireland in 2008, Cúinne An Ghiorria (The Hare's Corner) is the solo debut by Kíla co-founder...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2011
Hills
Still only in his mid 20s, Rutter has a sterling pedigree, having recorded with Seth Lakeman and Jackie Oates alongside...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2017
