Reviews
RDS-202
KermesZ à l'Est are not only the wildest Balkan band in Belgium, but probably on the planet. I first encountered...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2020
Grande Coisa
The title of the Swedish label’s latest Brazilian release translates as Big Deal! This self-effacing singer-songwriter has waited till age...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
Jive & Soul: The Very Best Of
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens/The Soul Brothers
It’s highly unusual to combine two different artists on a ‘Best Of’ set like this, but the teaming of two...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
#NuNairobi
Not just the banner for a new wave of artists, creatives and entrepreneurs that are proud to call the Kenyan...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2019
The Ultimate Guide to English Folk
We’re not short of compilations of British folk music, but this comes with a difference. Its compiler is Jon Boden,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
A Tiempo
Hailing from Triana, Seville's one time Gypsy quartei and home of classic flamenco, Rosario Guerrero Hernández, aka ‘La Tremendita’, has...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
Nostalgique Porto Rico: Plenas, Guarachas, Boléros et Chansons Jibaras 1940-1960
Long before Ricky Martin and Daddy Yankee seduced the diaspora with their very different hybrid pop rhythms, the island of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2019
Magia Negra: The Beginning
For her latest offering, the octogenarian diva and former Buena Vista Social Club singer has revisited the first LP she...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2015
Sons da Terra Vol 1
This is a beautiful collection of live performances in the Monasterio de Santa Cristina in the Ribeiro Sacra region of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017
