Reviews
Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées
The Syrian oud player and singer Waed Bouhassoun grew up in the culturally rich Jebel Druze region, just over the...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2019
Tam… Tam… Tam…! Reimagined
It's fair to say that Gilles Peterson was bowled over when he heard the lost Brazilian classic Tam… Tam… Tam…!...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2016
Akalaka/The Power
Victor Chukwu/Uncle Victor Chuks
This release marks the reissue of two LPs from the comparatively little-known Nigerian highlife musician Victor Chukwu. They originate from...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2020
Curiche
In the past ten years Afrobeat has spread across Latin America, new disciples discovering the genre through the internet and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020
Sonic Migration
The Subsonic Trio brings together musicians from Brazil, Finland and Australia – no longer such a surprise in our globalised...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2017
Lola
Carrie Rodriguez first got noticed when fiddling and singing with Chip ‘Wild Thing’ Taylor. They made beautiful music together before...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2016
From Blues to Rembetika
Mark T is a British blues musician and, listening to the several live tunes included on From Blues to Rembetika,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
King Papaya
Accordionist, keyboard player and multi– instrumentalist Koby Israelite has produced a CD of startling grotesquerie. A grim, obsessive figuration on...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2010
Puro Carnaval
From the opening track and throughout this album there is an electronic energy and vibrancy that makes you want to...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: July/2022
