Reviews
Pelao
There's something oddly familiar about the cover of this album – it's the sort of out-there artwork that only Belgian's...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Anywhere On This Road
The series we’d hoped would run forever is over. Charlie Gillett's annual double-disc survey of his favourite sounds from the...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010
Pachanga Time
With its gorgeous retro cover art and deliberate golden-age smarts Side A was recorded using ribbon microphone technology –...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021
The Soul of the Congo – Treasures of the Ngoma Label (1948-1963)
In the last ten years, Belgian record label Planet Ilunga has been on a mission to share a remarkable treasure...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/February/2024
As Palavras, Vol 1 and 2
The city of Rio de Janeiro oozes out of the rhythms and words of this double album by Latin Grammy-nominated...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: July/2024
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
