Reviews
Malawi Grooves 1950, ’57 & ’58
The opportunity to travel in time as well as space is all part of the appeal of world music, although...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: March/2017
The Rough Guide to Paris Café
Oh dear, here we go again. Cue the Citroën DS archive shots and the old tourist board copy. More ethno-musicological...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Cool Funeral Beer: Day 1 – The Creation of the Final Ancestor Shrine
This is the first instalment of a remarkable three-part project of music inspired by traditional funeral ceremonies in Ghana. The...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023
Longing for the Past: The 78 rpm Era in Southeast Asia
Dust-to-Digital's latest release, a four-CD compilation of some of the earliest recorded music in South-East Asia, is a treasure trove...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Apr/May/2014
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Los Fabulocos featuring Kid Ramos
Los Angeles’ pop¬ulation is now more than 50% Mexican. Yet if you follow the mainstream media you would believe that...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Vari-Colored Songs
Although this is Leyla McCalla’s debut record, anyone who’s seen the Carolina Chocolate Drops live will have been warmed by...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Kosmopolítēs
How global do you like to take your grooves? Mexican DJ Danochilango and Colombian singer and musician Mambe style themselves...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2019
Dentro Desse Mar
The accordion might sound neither very dancy nor particularly occult, but this quartet from Águeda near Porto do something with...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2019
Ignite
There must be 45 minutes worth of music on Ignite, but it lasts less than half an hour, such is...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2016
