Reviews
Sabroso Mambo
75-year-old conguero Robin Jones is a Latin music institution – and, indeed, a London one. When not beating the skins...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2011
Lys/Mørke
Avant-garde bassist Sigurd Hole recorded Lys/Mørke on the island of Sørværet in the Norwegian arctic. If it was recorded anywhere...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020
Archipelago
These are songs from the Scottish islands, from Shetland in the north to Ailsa Craig in the south, sung in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2012
Wenu Wenu
It’s something of a mystery why Souleyman, a 47-year-old wedding singer from northern Syria, has become a phenomenon in Western...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Are You Invested in the Economy of Love?
While this debut release from London/Lefkosia-based project ELY features some of the UK’s finest contemporary jazz musicians – including AIM...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: April/2022
Rough Guide to the Music of Russian Gypsies
With the exception of the excellent Russian Gypsy Soul double CD on Network a few years back, Russian Gypsy music...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Both in a Tune
Two giants of English folk from different generations come together with an album of tunes that follows on from their...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022
Anadolu Ejderi
Whereas earlier albums had more to do with retro-futurism, on Anadolu Ejderi (Anatolian Dragons) past and present collide beguilingly as...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/February/2023
Macondo Revisitado: The Roots of Subtropical Music Uruguay 1975-1979
Uruguay, along with Chile and Argentina, is prone to identity crises when it comes to defining its musical legacy. It...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2017
Good and Green Again
Like a roiling campfire on a cool autumn night, Columbus, Georgia-born, Durham, North Carolina-based Jake Fussell’s Good and Green Again...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022
