Reviews
Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts
Taraf de Haidouks exploded out of Romania as soon as communism ended, introducing Balkan Gypsy music to the West; their...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2015
Kopolo
The charming tropical rainforest recordings of this Cameroonian pygmy group have won them quite a fanbase. Unfortunately, this latest instalment...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2013
De Platino
This Belgium-based band take their name (meaning ‘the bodysnatcher’) from a novel by Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguay's most celebrated fiction-writer....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2014
Idrache (Traces of the Past)
With the members of Tinariwen scattered around southern Algeria while they take refuge from the political unrest in Mali ,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: February/March/2025
Rocket Juice & The Moon
It's hard to underestimate the impact Damon Albarn has had on traditional concepts of what constitutes ‘world music’, via such...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012
Swaziland: Songs of the Swazi
Despite the 82–year reign of Sobhuza II – the “hip king’’ eulogised by South African jazzer Abdullah Ibrahim – Swaziland...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Zungguzungguguzungguzeng!
Back in 1983, two years after the death of Bob Marley, Yellowman was the most successful performer in Jamaica. Born...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024
Astrakan Project
This album has nothing, as far as one can tell, to do with the town on the Caspian Sea or...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2013
El Curruchá
Eliana Cuevas feat Aquiles Báez
Venezuelan-Canadian singer-songwriter Eliana Cuevas has a stirring, see-through voice, perfect for communicating the nostalgia and warmth she feels for her...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2021
