Reviews
White African Power
It's a bold and ambitious idea to enter an isolated community who have no experience of singing and ask them...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: August/2017
Jūrėse
With its New Agey, Celtic feel, at times Jūrėse (meaning ‘In the Lagoon’, referencing his home region) sounds almost like...
Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Super Parquet
We first profiled Super Parquet two years ago (in #134); now they're finally here with a debut to follow 2015's...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020
Strictly Roots
If you’re looking for a contemporary reggae album that stays strictly to roots, look elsewhere. Roots has punch, and exists...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
The New Faith
Following his impressive 2020 debut album, Spider Tales (reviewed in October 2020, #161), The New Faith fulfils the promise of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2022
Brazilian Landscapes
Michala Petri, Marilyn Mazur, Daniel Murray
This decidedly erudite CD is like a classically tinged Codona trio album for the new millennium. Like Don Cherry and...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2017
Bhattacharya/Grønseth/Wessel
The dialogue between Hindustani classical and jazz music has a storied past. This latest effort to expand the lexicon draws...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2017
reTORNAR
If you worry that a voice and a double bass might be too frugal fare, no need. Catalan singer, Magalí...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2023
Source of Denial
Nihiloxica were one of the highlights of this year’s WOMAD festival, after their scheduled appearance in 2022 was stymied by...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2023
