Reviews

De Alcohol y Desamor

Tablao de Tango

A supergroup eminently deserving of that title, Tablao de Tango bring together three greats of Argentinian music: Franco Luciani on...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2024

Africa Yontii

Tidiane Thiam

This is the second instrumental album for Sahel Sounds by the Senegalese guitarist from Baaba Maal’s home town of Podor...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2024

Nieves de Enero

Chalino Sánchez

Dubbed ‘Godfather of the Corrido’, Chalino Sánchez was shot dead in 1992, aged only 31, after a concert in which...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: November/2024

Toña

Kadialy Kouyate

Kadialy Kouyate is a superb kora player from Kolda in south Senegal. Now based in the UK, he's involved in...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2025

AFIM

Zé Ibarra

Zé Ibarra is clearly a scholar of Brazilian music. The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist's latest album pays respect to strains...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: September/2025

Oberkas Travel

Oberkas Travel

Oberkas Travel are as close to a supergroup as one can get. A quartet of seasoned members of Warsaw’s alternative...

Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: February/March/2026

Borumba

Balu

Jocelyn Balu’s debut album is one of a Congolese artist stepping into a lineage and making it breathe again. Rooted...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2026

Towards An Expanse

Dumama

This is Berlin-based Dumama’s debut solo album, following on from Buffering Juju, work the South African singer made as one...

Reviewed by Kwanele Sosibo in issue: May/2026

Santana IV

Santana

The ground-breaking Afro-Latin rock fusion of Carlos Santana and his band set alight the 1969 Woodstock festival and opened the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2016

Shaman!

Idris Ackamoor

With the return of original band member Dr Margaux Simmons on flute, the Pyramids are now seven. This alone helps...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2020