Reviews
Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man
Whatever the line-up, vocal harmony group The Ethiopians have always been the vehicle of Leonard Dillon. A convert to Rastafarianism,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018
Au Bout du Petit Matin
Tao Ravao is a Madagascan-born musician with a French father and Malagasy mother whose family name he uses professionally. He...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2017
Isle of Magic
Who are Mop Mop? It appears they are a multi-instrumental Italian seven-piece who have a passion for African diaspora music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013
Two Friends, One Century of Music
In August 2015 the two great names of tropicália – Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil – performed an all-acoustic set...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: May/2016
Heard a Long Gone Song
Lisa O'Neill won plaudits in the folk world for her 2016 debut Pothole in the Sky. This led to her...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019
Jaiyede Afro
Orlando Julius with The Heliocentrics
Orlando Julius should be much more famous outside his native Nigeria. One of the pioneers of Afrobeat, this is the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2014
Ronald Mesquita
Like many Brazilian albums of this generation, it's evident that this self-titled release by Brazilian drummer Ronald Mesquita relies on...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: May/2019
Contracorriente
Contracorriente, the third album from El Balcón, is alive with the unique vibrancy and musical playfulness of son jarocho, traditional...
Reviewed by Kary Stewart in issue: November/2021
Divanegi
Residing in the Gilan Province of northern Iran, Pedram Delara is a young tombak (goblet drum) soloist and rhythm composer....
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2021
