Reviews
Tears of the Sun
The sophomore album from rising Nigerian star Teni is an Afrobeats-tastic affair in which the artist sings and raps in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024
Music from the East
Ammar El Sherei (AKA Omar El Shariyi), born in Upper Egypt in 1948, was considered a pioneer in the 1970s...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2025
The Power of Polska
Johanna Juhola and Lena Jonsson
Put two Nordic musical superstars together, and something breathtaking happens. Vibrant, innovative and charismatic Juhola has lit up the Finnish...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2026
Ruins/Adfeilion
This is very highbrow folk. Gareth Bonello – aka The Gentle Good – is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and general thinker....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2016
The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
The music of Afghanistan is something of a cause célèbre for Simon Broughton and here he presents his personal selection...
Reviewed by John Baily in issue: October/2010
Corriente Vital: 10 Años
The last ten years seem to have passed as quickly as the pulsing beats in ‘Corre Lola Corre’ for Ojos...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2011
Dark Matter
Ever since 1982, when Australia’s I Goanna band gifted I radio stations their enduring Top 10 hit ‘Solid Rock’, the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2020
Tibetan Buddhist Religious Music from the Kagyu School
Phursung Kelak's life was characterised by disruption and change. Aged 13, he joined a monastery in his native Tibet. Eight...
Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: June/2020
The Kusum Beat
That the author of the liner notes, in archetypal 1970s African self¬empowerment fashion, signs himself ‘Super Star’ is as likely...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
The Turning Tide
Crikey, another Solas album? It seems only a moment ago that I reviewed the band’s For Love and Laughter. OK,...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2010
