Reviews
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
Peru Boom: Bass, Bleeps and Bumps from Peru's Electronic Underground
Peru's capital Lima now hosts an edgy, fresh dance music scene, which draws on a wide range of influences: pan-South...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Yesun
Roberto Fonseca moves into iconic status with a trio album that cements his legacy as one of the finest pianists...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Route & Roots
Lebanese-born singer-songwriter Abaji is now based in France but draws his music from a wide range of sources, following his...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: June/2016
Ambolley
For many of us, our first introduction to the Ghanaian singer and bandleader Gyedu-Blay Ambolley was when Soundway included a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2019
Nhaoul’
For 20 years, from 1980, Kamilya Jubran was the voice of Sabreen, a Palestinian group known for their songs of...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2013
Afro Futuristic Dreams
Ever since the Strut label resurrected their career, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids have produced some of the most compelling...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023
The Myth of the Golden Ratio
This London-based quartet is made up of the three brothers Yussef, Ahmad and Kareem Dayes (who play, respectively, drums, trombone...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2016
Skir
As all the tracks here are instrumental, you can only imagine what lies behind them. Thankfully, we have the short...
Reviewed by Elisavet Sotiriadou in issue: June/2010
