Reviews
Light a Candle
Forró is an eternally sunny, jiggy dance from north¬eastern Brazil that became very popular in the 1990s with the São...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Yaho Bele/Say Yeah
Badume’s Band & Selamnesh Zéméné
Badume’s Band are one of the mainstays of European Ethio-jazz, with over a decade of experience as the go-to backing...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2021
The Rough Guide to Salsa
This selection by Pablo Yglesias (aka DJ Bongohead) has been tested on the dance floor and is aimed at the...
Reviewed by Daniela Rosselson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées
The Syrian oud player and singer Waed Bouhassoun grew up in the culturally rich Jebel Druze region, just over the...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2019
Detached
For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020
Highland Time
Opener ‘After the Storm’ shows where we’re heading: a crisp rhythm track overlaid with pipes and fiddle and a deranged...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: May/2016
Sweet England
Released in 1959 on Argo, this album comes from the beginning of the folk revival, and Fledgling’s remaster from the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
In the midst of all the countrified wannabes, rockabilly has-beens and nouveau string bands running around, Old Sledge are the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2011
Stop the Hate
Femi Kuti's last album, 2018's One People One World, was disappointing; it lacked the bite of earlier recordings and sounded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
