Reviews
El Alimento
Medical student turned padrino del funk, Cimafunk has been one of the hottest names in Cuban music since releasing his...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2021
The Golden Angle
It's hard to know what to make of this album. David Benedict is clearly an extraordinarily gifted young musician, zipping...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Night Spirit Masters
Recorded live at night in the medina of Marrakech by Billy Youdelman using an Akai digital 12-track and produced by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022
Live in Nashville
This is a live recording of a 2013 concert on Lakha Khan's debut American tour, given in a Presbyterian church...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015
Punch
On this eighth studio album from the long-running Scottish group, half of The Poozies are new to the party, and...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2018
Poetic Trance
Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa
Aziz Sahmaoui, Moroccan co-founder of the legendary Orchestre National de Barbès, is back for a third album with his group...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2019
The Reason Why Vol 1
Goran Kajfe Subtropic Arkestra
Perhaps feeling the need to explain himself after X/Y, Goran Kajfeš’ critically acclaimed but impossible-to-categorise album, The Reason Why Vol...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013
All Seven Stars
This folk quartet known as Long Lankin comprises former Medieval Baebe Tanya Jackson, Shetland fiddler Marion Gray, London-Irish player Caroline...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Gog Magog
After four years, The Trials of Cato are back with a second album that’s even better than their award-winning debut....
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/February/2023
Ballads & Blasphemy: The Religious Gospel of Adebola Kuku
Nigerian singer-songwriter Kuku has an interesting heritage. Born Adebola Kuku in the US and raised in Lagos, he now resides...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2015
