Reviews
One Race (Tribute to Hilaire Penda)
Congolese guitarist Kiala Nzavotunga began his career playing in Le Grand Kalle’s Africa Jazz band, but he became tired of...
Reviewed by Łukasz Komła in issue: February/March/2026
Traveller
Anoushka Shankar's debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, best known for its heavyweight Western classical music, shows a terrific assurance which...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Le Soleil est Levé
Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole's recent tour of the UK found him wowing audiences and, hopefully, represents the start of...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2013
Corriente Vital: 10 Años
The last ten years seem to have passed as quickly as the pulsing beats in ‘Corre Lola Corre’ for Ojos...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2011
Rough Guide to Avant-Garde Japan
Defining exactly what is or is not ‘avant-garde’ music is an impossible task, with not even close to a consensus...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: May/2021
Django’s Spirit
The music Django Reinhardt recorded between 1933 and his death in 1953 has always been filed under jazz. Had the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010
Blak & Blu
Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer Kutcha Edwards is a big man with a big voice. A Mutti Mutti man, whose traditional country...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013
Foggy Mountain Breakdown: A Bluegrass Tribute to Earl Scruggs
A couple of years ago, Tim Austin, one of the founders of the Lonesome River Band, kickstarted a project that...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2012
Afrobeast
Yaaba Funk are a multiracial, multi¬national ten-piece Brixton band who have developed a strong reputation over the past two years...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
