Reviews
Temporal Waves
Canadian tabla player Shawn Mativetsky has performed and recorded across many genres for the past 25 years, but this is...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/2024
Ayıp Olmasın
The work of communist poet Nâzım Hikmet has served as an inspiration to Turkish musicians throughout the decades – from...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2024
Qwanqwa Live
For three studio albums, Addis Ababa-based Qwanqwa have explored the range of Ethiopian traditional music, performing pieces from many of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: September/2024
Salsa Salsa
In January 1983 Tito Puente took his orchestra to a club in New York, for a rousing and historic session....
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2024
Latin-Soul-Rock
Fifty years after its original release, this long out-of-print album has been remastered and reissued on vinyl and digital form....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2024
Clay
Flo Perlin is a London-based singer-songwriter with Iraqi/Belarusian roots, a lovely resonant voice and a knack for writing hook-laden songs...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2024
Jouhikko
Finnish music fans around the world know Logrén as the fiddle player in the legendary band Värttinä. What they might...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: September/2024
Fracassines
Musician and producer Olivier Conan moved from Paris to New York in his 20s. Having immersed himself in tropical Latin...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2024
Wulansih
Peni Candra Rini is a Javanese singer whom I first saw performing with Kronos Quartet in their last London show...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2024
