Reviews
The Rough Guide to the Best African Music You've Never Heard
In The Rough Guide to the Best Music You've Never Heard, a book published in 2009, this author explored some...
Reviewed by Nigel Willamson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Put on Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska & Rock Steady 1966-1967
Showcasing the work of Jamaican producer Sonia Pottinger, Put on Your Best Dress is packed with rocksteady and its musical...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: November/2019
The Exorcism of a Spinster
This is the confident debut solo album by this Zimbabwean mbira (thumb piano) player and singer, who may be familiar...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: November/2019
IYA: Songs for the Mothers
For their fifth album, London's Afro-Cuban community choir build on their tradition of performing songs to the Orishas (Yoruba deities)...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2023
One More for the Road
The Wiyos continue to surf a wave of popular acclaim, thanks to a 2009 appearance on the BBC documentary Folk...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
No Place for My Dream
The ninth album by Femi Kuti, son of the legendary Fela, sees him retain his crown as the true messenger...
Reviewed by Peter Adjaye in issue: July/2013
Notes For a Maiden Warrior
Borders run through Dani Larkin’s life and work. A native of the Armagh/ Monaghan borderlands, she has worked in peace-building...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2021
Piazzolla 2021
French prodigy Louise Jallu took an interest in tango when she was five and has been playing virtuoso bandoneón since...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2021
Northern Flyway
Birds have been companions, harbingers, auguries and symbols for humanity for millennia. We follow their song, their migrations, their flyways,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2018
High Words
My first inclination was to award this album a single star. These songs are annoyingly catchy, and they're annoyingly unfunny,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2017
