Reviews
We Are in the War
Also known as Aduko Saabo, Prince Buju is the latest luminary to gain exposure through Makkum Records, the Amsterdam-based label...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2015
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
Livre
A seminal figure in Portuguese music, the guitarist Mário Pacheco for many years ran the Clube de Fado in Lisbon...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
Yene Alem
Etenesh Wassie & Mathieu Sourisseau
The collaboration between Ethiopian singer Etenesh Wassie and the French bass guitarist Mathieu Sourisseau has already yielded one album back...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2018
Blind Note
Muziek Publique is a young label with just three CDs in their catalogue. Their latest, Blind Note, deserves to bring...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011
Canu Rhydd
The literal translation of Canu Rhydd is ‘free poetry’; with their latest album Fernhill continue their pioneering exploration of vernacular...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2011
Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
Robert Earl Keen's latest album kicks off with a funky little hoedown by Flatt & Scruggs, ‘Hot Corn, Cold Corn.’...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2015
Easy and Bold
The label Veteran specialises in English, Scottish and Irish traditional folk, with a focus on the source singers you might...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
Parasol Peak
Since popularising the hang drum – a melodic percussion instrument, and cousin to the steel pan – at the turn...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018
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Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)
It's always a pleasure with world music – and especially so with Latin American rhythms – to be disorientated. When...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
