Reviews
Argento
To celebrate their silver anniversary, organetto diatonico wizard Riccardo Tesi and his longtime buddies, guitarist and singer Maurizio Geri, saxophonist...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2019
Africa
The band might not agree, nor perhaps the nation of France – but this really is a fabulous French pop...
Reviewed by Katharina Lobeck Kane in issue: July/2010
From Istanbul to Ceuta with a Smile
This album would be great to listen to in a battered, grand old taxi speeding along some dusty road in...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2013
Full Attack, With Sudden Defences
Things gets off to a compelling start with ominous double bass, loose splashy drums, and a snatch of film noir-ish...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
A Memento of Istanbul
A Memento of Istanbul is an excellent solo oud album by top Iranian player Saeed Nayeb Mohammadi. It’s the opening...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2023
Black Voices Revisited
Released in 1999, two years after the death of Fela Kuti, whose band was fired for so long by Allen's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2011
On Firm Ground/Tierra Firme
Jane Bunnett is the pioneering Canadian saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator whose work with Afro-Cuban jazz remains deft, groundbreaking and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2020
Such a Moon, the Thief Pauses to Sing
Since having met over a decade ago at Ross Daly's Labyrinth Musical Workshop in Crete, Peppe Frana and Christos Barbas...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2019
Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar
Siti Muharam is the greatgranddaughter of Siti Binti Saad, the woman who turned taarab from the inaccessible music of the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
Digital Indigenous 07: Why Not
This is the seventh instalment in the 1000HZ series which spotlights local producers –predominantly from Malawi – working with rudimentary...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: September/2024
