In the Xhosa language, indaba refers to an authorised meeting, such as a conference of chiefs, called to discuss a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
At just over two hours long, and with 31 tracks from artists such as Kathleen MacInnes, Lau, Karine Polwart and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2013
No one does Colombia with as much attention to detail as Soundway Records. Their latest two-CD release, Ondatrópica, is a...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Anyone who has come across Madonna's latest album may have noticed the singer's recent love affair with Cape Verdean music....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
The first reaction on receiving yet another Lucky Dube compilation is to groan inwardly. Since the South African reggae star's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012
As concept albums go, they hardly come any grander. On his latest release the former Grateful Dead drummer turned respected...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
In 2001 Ulf Lindemann (aka Dunkelbunt) moved from Hamburg to Vienna. That was his first journey eastward - his first...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: May/2020
The cover of All Dressed in Yellow features a photo of a man with his arm outstretched holding, horizontal, in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2010
A life dedicated to maloya music and an approach that has allowed a music to evolve within the traditional acoustic...
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
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