Reviews
Fikira
Fikira sees the meeting of musical traditions both between and beyond the islands of Réunion and Mayotte, two French overseas...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: September/2025
Write It Down
The second album by self-described “New York-based rock and roll and rhythm and blues garage gospel band” Jackson and the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2025
Dom Salvador JID024
Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammed
After collaborating with Brazilian notables like Marcos Valle, João Donato and Azymuth, the workaholic studio partners, Younge & Muhammed, have...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2025
When Will They Ever Learn? – A Story Of US Folk Music 1963–1969
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Cinema has in recent years given the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s a legendary – perhaps even mythical...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
Yörüklük
Elena Hristova has performed with the Macedonian group Baklava since 2006, but now for her solo career she calls herself,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2025
Mirra
Benedicte Maurseth's love of, and inspiration in, the environment of the wind-swept alpine Hardangervidda plateau in Norway – where she...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: September/2025
El Viejo Caminante
Dino Saluzzi, Jacob Young, José María Saluzzi
The Argentinian father-and-son team of Dino and José María Saluzzi, who play bandoneon and classical guitar respectively, are joined here...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
A Selection of Music from Libyan Tapes
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
A spacey buzz is slowly cranked up in volume as Cheb Bakr's ‘Allom’ opens this collection of Libyan cassette tracks....
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: September/2025
Buya Buya: Come Back
One of the glories of apartheid-era township jive, the Mahotella Queens celebrate their 60th anniversary with their first album of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
