Reviews
Common Stars
Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers feat Ahmed ag Kaedy
Berlin-based band Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers serve up an intoxicating blend of Afro-funk, jazz-rock and psychedelia. With Common...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: December/2025
Guitari Baro
It’s always good to welcome a new label specialising in the kind of music Songlines covers and Chrysalis Global gets...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
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
Rwanda Sings With Strings
On the surface, the fifth album by Rwandan duo The Good Ones is a departure from the usual modus operandi...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
Gaudencia
After listening to an MC Yallah record it's tempted to conclude that every other rapper in the game is slacking....
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: September/2025
