Reviews
Try and Love
Imagine Lagos, Nigeria in 1972, when Fela Kuti was flying high with recordings like ‘Shakara’ and ‘Roforofo Fight’, jùjú music...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2023
Dobrila & Dorian Duo Two
Dobrila Grašeska sings traditional Macedonian songs and Dorian Jovanović provides accompaniments on oud, looping and electronics. It's a pleasant, though...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2023
sramba
Coming almost two decades since the three albums that this Brazilian percussionist made as a member of the +2's for...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
Mirror City
Two instruments evoke Korea like no others: the daegeum bamboo flute (and its smaller equivalent, the sogeum) and the ajaeng...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: March/2024
Em Africa ao Vivo
Despite a career stretching back to the mid-80s, this is among the first of singer-songwriter and percussionist Mart’na’lia’s albums to...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The Karindula Sessions: Tradi-Modern Sounds From Southeast Congo
A giant banjo, made out of an oil barrel, a goat skin, four strings and an empty bag of powdered...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2011
The Beginners Guide to Timba
Not one, not two but three CDs destined to send lovers of timba – that hard-edged derivative of Cuban salsa...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2011
Vol 3: The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk 1969-1980
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Analog Africa here return to the rich canon of Benin’s finest, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, with The Skeletal Essences of...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: July/2013
The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia
Few countries’ musical heritage has been pilfered so thoroughly as has Ethiopia’s in recent years. Rarely a month goes by...
Reviewed by John Howarth in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Wayward Daughter
‘Grey Gallito’ is a work of steamy jazz that sounds as if it was recorded in Havana. It is also...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2013
