Reviews
La Llorona
While she could play the tragic heroine with a bleeding heart with the best of them, Chavela Vargas was also...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2018
El Laberinto del Coco
After playing percussion for the cream of Puerto Rico's musical talent (such as Calle 13 and Jerry Medina) as well...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2018
Himno Vertical
Rocío Márquez is an established singer, experimentalist and PhD graduate intent on refracting flamenco through a 21st-century lens. Steeped in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2025
Quinto Mundo
This fifth album from the Franco-Chilean stalwarts of Marseille may not contain anything quite so blistering as ‘La Weá’ from...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: February/March/2026
Kill Me or Negotiate
Egyptian vocalist and trumpeter Abdullah Miniawy and French electronicist Simo Cell have been collaborating for just over two years, tinkering...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2021
Indigenous Matter: Music from Africa & the Americas
Musician-producer, Chris Warwick took advantage of his travels around the Americas and West Africa in the 80s, to record music...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Maisha Ni Matamu
Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga
Although originating from the Congo in Central Africa, the singer Samba Mapangala is better known amongst Swahili-speaking East African fans...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2011
Lucky Star
Royal Academy-trained, an acclaimed music educator for kids, a flugelhorn player and from England, Barbara Snow should not be as...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2019
Sobre Noites e Dias
After a series of albums that dealt with specific themes and textures, such as dub or baile funk, Lucas Santtana...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015
Live
A veteran of Mali’s oldest dance orchestra Super Biton de Ségou, Mama Sissoko became the band’s guitarist in 1972. When...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024
