Reviews
The Best of the SABC Years
Starting her career in the 1950s, Irene Mawela wrote songs for the Dark City Sisters and the Mahotella Queens, was...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2019
Indian Classical Interactions
This album celebrates the work of British-based Indian musician Baluji Shrivastav and features four separate original works combining the melody...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/2021
Tro
One of Wales' most talented singer-songwriters, Gwyneth Glyn returns here with her first solo release since her Welsh/Indian collaboration, Ghazalaw,...
Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: November/2017
Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Dance Music in the Digital Age 1983-1996 (Vol Two)
By the 1980s Ghana's once vibrant highlife scene was in decline along with the country's economy, and many of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023
Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground
Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023
Grande Coisa
The title of the Swedish label’s latest Brazilian release translates as Big Deal! This self-effacing singer-songwriter has waited till age...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
Lodèr la vi
Since 2012, the group Saodaj from La Réunion has been following its own path, becoming one of the most emblematic...
Reviewed by Łukasz Komła in issue: February/March/2026
Reggae Golden Jubilee: Origins of Jamaican Music – 50th Anniversary
Hot on the heels of Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music (reviewed in #88) comes this 100-track box-set,...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: March/2013
Ragas de Jaipur
Although recognised in India as one of the finest sitar and surbahar (bass sitar) players, Rajeev Janardan may not be...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2011
A Day Will Come
Last summer, when the people of Britain were discussing leaving the European Union and what this meant, harmonica and melodeon...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2020
