Reviews
Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola
Scene-leading club DJ Kampire prides herself on connecting the dots between contemporary and old-school African club music, spotlighting female artists...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2024
Joyas del Guajiro
The rural Cuban singer-songwriter Polo Montañez, who was killed in a road accident in 2002 only three years after his...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2024
Butterfly: Colors of Armenian Duduk
Butterfly is the debut album by Canadian/Armenian duduk player Sar Kamler, who came to the instrument surprisingly late in adulthood,...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2024
Safa
Palestinian oud virtuoso Nizar Rohana returns with his third album Safa, which is a completely solo effort. While Rohana is...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: December/2024
Volume Two
Scottish acoustic guitarist Will McNicol’s first collaboration with the Innotet string quartet was lauded by Classic FM and its successor...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2024
Lost Things Returning
This is the second outing with the Cornwall-based, Birmingham-raised alt-folk duo Angeline Morrison and Nick Duffy. Following their debut, which...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2024
OVA
This is a bittersweet triumph from one of the world’s finest fusion bands. The Afro Celts were founded by Simon...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
Milimo
Niwel Tsumbu is certainly unique. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he ‘grew up on the rhythms of soukous...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
Nieves de Enero
Dubbed ‘Godfather of the Corrido’, Chalino Sánchez was shot dead in 1992, aged only 31, after a concert in which...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: November/2024
Canciones Que No Quieren Morir
This 21-track compilation focuses on the solo career of the erstwhile Argentine frontman for Los Gatos and composer of their...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2024
