Reviews
The King of Misery
Daudi Matsiko, a British-Ugandan singer-songwriter, delivers a debut album from a vulnerable chapter in his life, that expands what is...
Reviewed by Marie Bashiru in issue: March/2024
Useza
Among the Shona communities of northeastern Zimbabwe, the matepe, a type of mbira, is used to evoke trance states to...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2025
Folk Music of China, Vol 1: Folk Songs of Qinghai and Gansu
This first volume of a wider collection of Chinese folk music focuses on songs from the Qinghai and Gansu provinces...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2019
É o Que a Casa Oferece
Having relocated to Los Angeles in 2010, Brazilian musician Gabriel da Rosa turned into a DJ that introduced his country's...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2023
Le Mystère des Chants Mayas
We have no idea what the more musically minded Mayans got up to during their human sacrifices, ball-court tournaments, weddings...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2015
Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's Love Songs, Ceylon
It is always welcome to see albums of music that bring more local traditions to a wider audience, and this...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2014
Tall Tales
When there are seven instrumentalists on stage, and a simmering energy bubbling beneath their fingers, it must be difficult for...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Listen
American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
Midnight Alvorada
Swedish label ajabu! must have a good network of scouts. Pedro Rosa is their latest Brazilian discovery, following the likes...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
