Reviews
Susuma
Susuma harnesses the groove engine of West African highlife and hitches it to the sensitive stylings of 1970s soul. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2022
Here and There
Since its (then) undiscovered flowering in the 1970s, Ethio-jazz has spread around the musical world like an exotic plant. Before...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2022
Charms Against Sorrow
Hannah Sanders spent much of her teens traversing the land in an old Bedford school bus, singing the traditional songs...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015
Alerta Canibal
Founders of Spain's mestizo movement, fusing salsa, rock, ska, funk, cumbia and the rhythms of Afrobeat with the attitude of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Battlefield Dance Floor
This 18th studio album from Devon favourites Show of Hands treads territory their loyal fans know so well – a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2019
Dois Selos e um Carimbo
How can you top a debut album that has spent over 100 weeks in the Portuguese charts, powered by the...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2010
The Mystery Inch
Twelve instrumentals, five pairs of hands, and about as much transportative fun and joyful tune-making as you can imagine: welcome...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Gypsy Unity
Angelo Debarre & Marius Apostol
Born to a caravan-dwelling, Romani Manouche family, Angelo Debarre grew up with the music of Django Reinhardt. He began learning...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2014
Brasslands: A Motion Picture Soundtrack
When Miles Davis ventured to the annual brass festival in Guca, in western Serbia, he was astonished. “I didn’t know...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
