Reviews
Wutiko
Heard on our recent Global Sounds From Québec CD (November 2021, #172), this is Élage’s third album since he moved...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2022
Apala: Apala Groups in Nigeria 1967-70
Apala is a style of call-and-response music popular in the Islamic culture of the Yoruba population of south-west Nigeria. It...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2020
Overnight
The award-winning duo's first album for Rough Trade is their finest work to date, and certainly among the best folk...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2016
Yallah Mickey Mouse
Cyril Yeterian (better known as the accordion playing frontman for Cajun blues band Mama Rosin) and fellow Genevan avant-garde experimentalist...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: January/2021
Tebourba
Fanfara Station may sound like the name of one of the Balkan brass bands they so clearly admire, but in...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2018
Calle Gitana
Lucas Romero is a member of Gitano Family, a Spanish band based in Arles, Provence, whose 2005 Spring Hill release...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/2017
Sol Aurorae
Here Cypriot vocalist and percussionist Vassilis Philippou has put together an excellent first album, embedded firmly in the traditions of...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2021
Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion Selected by Don Letts
The filmmaker and broadcaster Don Letts first found fame as the ‘Rebel Dread’ DJ who introduced punks to reggae at...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: December/2021
Oumniya
Souad Massi's career has followed an uneven path since her 2001 debut album, Raoui, earned her a nomination for Best...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Red Desert Man
Indigenous singer-songwriter Dave Arden is a gifted Kokatha-Gunditjmara guitarist, storyteller and contemporary songman. Previously best known as a collaborator and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2020
