Reviews
Stop the Hate
Femi Kuti's last album, 2018's One People One World, was disappointing; it lacked the bite of earlier recordings and sounded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
Tam… Tam… Tam…! Reimagined
It's fair to say that Gilles Peterson was bowled over when he heard the lost Brazilian classic Tam… Tam… Tam…!...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2016
Curiche
In the past ten years Afrobeat has spread across Latin America, new disciples discovering the genre through the internet and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020
Bulevar 2000
Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible
When the Tijuana DJs and musicians Ramón Amezcua (aka Bostich) and Pepe Mogt (aka Fussible) presented this album at the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2011
Compay Son con Pasión
At first glance this CD looks off-putting: the sleeve being reminiscent of a flier taped to the desk of a...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Voyageurs
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Steve Riley is one of Cajun music's foremost accordionists and bandleaders: the Mamou Playboys have, under his leadership, developed into...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Human
You can never take away from Clegg his brave role as a white Jewish musician in apartheid South Africa, fronting...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2011
Tiny Notes
If there's healing in song, then The Young’uns are performing some kind of mental health service for their nation. The...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2023
Asmara
Jazz trumpeter Hermon Mehari is a Kansas City native based in Paris, but his third album, Asmara, is a reflection...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2023
