Reviews
El Carretero
It's not often that an album comes along with an opening track so compelling it begs several listens before you...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2019
Live in Dublin
It pains me to give this only four stars. As with any live recording, this is essentially a collection of...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: August/2024
One Night on Earth: Music From the Strings of Mali
Years in development, this fine recording is the result of white South African musician Derek Gripper having transposed seven kora...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
Afrotropism
Although Danish seven-piece The Kutimangoes originally aimed for the crossroads between Afrobeat and jazz, further musical adventures have edged their...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2019
Pajavasara
We all have days when we believe we can split rocks and are immortal (don’t we?). If so, look no...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021
Ten Shades of Blues
Indigenous singer-songwriter Kev Starkey has seen a bit of life. Of mixed heritage – partly Adnyamathanha (Flinders Ranges in South...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2016
When They All Looked Up
For her first album of new material in six years Kate Rusby has recorded, mostly, songs of her own. These...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2025
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
Apollo You Sixteen
‘Progressive world music’ is how this Belgium-based 40-year-old autodidact describes his latest album, which fuses flamenco with folk, garage, classical...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Late Junction Sessions: Unpopular Music
This intriguing collection of recordings was put together by BBC Radio 3's Late Junction programme, and it serves as fine...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2016
