Reviews
None the Wiser
If you're looking for one of the finest contemporary poet-singers in England, look no further than the man with an...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
School of life
All great family stories are marked by rivalry and conflict as well as profound coherence. The last seven years in...
Reviewed by Katharina Lobeck Kane in issue: July/2010
New York–Addis– London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965–1975
Keyboardist, vibra¬phone player and bandleader Mulatu Astatke was an early subject for Francis Falceto’s acclaimed Éthiopiques series, and 14 fine...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Systema Solar
Colombia continues to be one of the most exciting music-producing nations in Latin America. The birthplace of cumbia, the country...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Apr/May/2011
The Rough Guide To Desert Blues
It used to be something of a closed shop. For years and years, when it came to the sandblasted desert...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010
Brasilianos 2
This is one of those albums on which you can’t help but be impressed by the virtuoso musician¬ship. Bandleader Hamilton...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Gilles Peterson Presents: Havana Cultura – New Cuba Sound
Clubbers and Cubanophiles alike will leap on this double set from the zeitgeist-riding Gilles Peterson. Financed by Havana Rum and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The Nile: The Song of the Rivers
Rivers can be the basis of a beautiful musical journey. Songlines #1 covered a splendid Virgin Classics three-CD set that...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Crocodile Blues
Songhai Blues, Samba Touré's debut album of two years ago, was sub-titled ‘Homage To Ali Farka Touré’; the late guitarist...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Marchez Noir
Amazigh Kateb, who was the lead singer of Gnawa Diffusion, has turned down the rock from his old group and...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2010
