Reviews
Mulatu Plays Mulatu
Vibraphonist and percussionist Mulatu Astatke developed Ethio-jazz in the 1960s, and he’s not stopped since, constantly forging new paths for...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2025
Original Broadway Cast Recording
World Circuit protected the integrity of its multi-million selling brand of Cuban nostalgia vigorously, refusing large sums to license Buena...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Selva Selva
Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and a researcher specialising in Amazonian music, Percy A Flores Navarro joins Michel Paredes on bass...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2025
Whitby
David Boulter is a founding member of alternative rock band Tindersticks, but has been releasing solo music for years. In...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2025
Song of the Birds
Avi Avital is the Israeli virtuoso of the mandolin who’s been taking this super versatile instrument into concert halls around...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2025
Acqua Marina
Led by multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane, Beirut-based trio Prefaces’ music transplants surf rock from its traditional Californian heartland to the coasts...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: October/2025
Soléyé
Julien Philéas, better known as Granmoun Lélé (1930–2004), was a griot and one of the most outstanding artists from the...
Reviewed by Łukasz Komła in issue: December/2025
Como Las Canto Yo
iLe, a former member of alternative Puerto Rican hip-hop outfit Calle 13, is having a busy year. A guest appearance...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: December/2025
Cool Down the Heat
Junior Murvin became reggae’s falsetto voice of choice with his 1976 hit ‘Police and Thieves’, a song whose popularity in...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2025
X Uhuru
Roots reggae legends Black Uhuru produced huge hits in the late 70s and early 80s, thanks largely to the slick...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2025
