Reviews
Dusa
Monika Wierzbicka is no newcomer to the Polish music scene. Active since the early 2000s, she co-founded a pop band...
Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: March/2024
Guajiro Sonero
José Alberto, nicknamed ‘The Nightingale’ to distinguish him from the other José Alberto, ‘The Canary’, is from Bayamo in Eastern...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2023
Martin Carthy
This seminal 1965 debut from the godfather of the 60s English folk revival is reissued on vinyl as part of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2024
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Hulbækmo & Jacobsen Familieorkester
My first encounter with Hans Hulbækmo was when he was a final year student at the Trondheim Conservatoire, the outstanding...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2024
Live At Carnegie Hall
Playing live at New York’s Carnegie Hall is a career-crowning moment for Latin American artists, representing global recognition and a...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2025
Hymns of Bantu
Anything Abel Selaocoe touches is bound to be extraordinary. Having followed his career from its early days, it’s been a...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: April/2025
Tropicoqueta
After the huge success of the Puerto Rican roots album by reggaeton star Bad Bunny, it's the turn of Colombia's...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: September/2025
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Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos | Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos
Monsalve may be based in Paris but he learned his craft playing post-rock, avant-jazz-funk and Afro-Venezuelan music in Caracas and...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025
El Errante
On their latest album, Montréal’s El Balcón have delivered a dynamite collection of self-written songs seamlessly blending lead singer Valeria’s...
Reviewed by Justin Turford in issue: June/2025
Woody At Home – Volumes 1 & 2
Woody Guthrie recorded these raw and intimate home tapes in his Brooklyn apartment during 1951 and 1952 as demos for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
