Reviews
Tiger Run
Nyolo's eighth album in a solo career that began in 1996 with Tribu may just be her most cohesive and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Money Isn’t Everything
Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra
They may be based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne but Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra have fallen for old-time Americana hook,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2013
Resilience: Songs of Uganda
A former member of Uganda's longest lasting and most celebrated group the Afrigo Band, Rachel Magoola has released her seventh...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2021
This Pale
Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Shaho Andalibi, Shariq Mustafa
Sufi music exists in various forms in different parts of the Islamic world with differing music and poetry in various...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2021
Don Letts Presents: Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown Vol 2
Don Letts hosts an enjoyably eclectic radio show on BBC 6Music and is something of an icon of the late-70s...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2015
Kijombo
One might start by pointing out that the musicianship on this recording, the second from this joint Dominican and New...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: April/2020
Yeni Dunya
Honed on the streets of Istanbul, the message of Light in Babylon comes out loud and clear, across time and...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: April/2017
Ceilidh
Ceilidh, the third album from the self¬proclaimed enfants terribles of the English folk-dance scene, is a curious beast. Opening with...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Viaje a la Amistad: La Habana, Paris, Caracas
Gérard Naulet, Orlando Valle, Orlando Poleo & Friends
The trope of a viaje a la amistad – a ‘journey to friendship’ – is integral to Latin American music,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018
