Reviews
El Grito
Cumbia is to 2021 what tango electronica was in 2001; for every dashing, inspired revivalist experiment there are dozens of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2021
Tjamuku Ngurra: Grandfather's Country
Aboriginal desert reggae-rock has a history dating back to the late-70s, when Central Australian bands such as No Fixed Address...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Flamenco
By embracing the Spanish folk song form copla and merging influences from pop, Diana Navarro joined a new wave of...
Reviewed by Russell Parton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Scatter the Light
Scatter the Light, the latest album by Grammy-winning violin virtuoso Eileen Ivers, is jam-packed with tracks showcasing the Irish-American's nonpareil...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2020
Sur Mon Dos
Like Manu Chao, Matjé is a musical voyager, who took his artist’s name from the Creole word ‘to write’. The...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023
Fela Box Set 6: Curated by Idris Elba
Erykah Badu did it. So did Brian Eno, Questlove, Ginger Baker and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The latest celebrity to curate...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/February/2024
Everyday Salama
Manu Chao seems to have become for the 21st century what Bob Marley was to the late 20th century in...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Remedy
According to Critter Fuqua, the band's splendidly named slide guitarist and banjo player, Old Crow Medicine Show ‘grew up playing...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2014
Latin Perspective
Ahmed Dickinson & The Santiago Quartet
A government-owned bar named Yellow Submarine has recently opened in Havana. Its Beatles-themed interior – porthole windows, blue-and-yellow interior, Beatles...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Declan Kelly Presents Diesel N’ Dub
The son of a Maori mother and an Irish father, Sydney-based drummer Kelly regularly fronts his own band The Rising...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
