Reviews
Djekpa La You
An exceptional live performer and a brilliant songwriter, it’s not hard to see why Ivorian Dobet Gnahoré was chosen to...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Trippin’ the Life Fantastic!
Possibly the perfect rock crossover album, this combines all the vim and vigour of bhangra music with prog-rock stadium vocals...
Reviewed by Jill Turner in issue: July/2010
The Rough Guide to African Roots Revival
One of the keys to success in the competitive compilation market is to find fresh and interesting thematic approaches that...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012
Beginner’s Guide to Africa
These kind of compilations, which seek to present what the box describes as ‘the best of African music, past, present...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
Whip Jamboree
York six-piece Blackbeard’s Tea Party formed in 2009: first as a busking unit, then a ceilidh band and now as...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
Por Meu Cante
Por Meu Cante was originally released in 2004 and it’s the second of Antonio Zambujo’s albums. Although his singing only...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Carn Ingli
Llio Rhydderch & Tomos Williams
A revered harpist, steeped in the music of Wales; a young jazz trumpeter; and a percussionist. This might seem an...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2011
A Curva Da Cintura (Mali-Brasil)
Arnaldo Antunes, Toumani Diabaté & Edgard Scandurra
After AfroCubism's Grammy-winning Mali Cuba album, are we about to see a spate of similarly styled cash-ins? Well, no worries,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012
Ammore, Trivolo, Currivo e Devozione
La Moresca is an acoustic Neapolitan septet harnessing their local music to traditional styles of the Campania region and baroque...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2010
Shogun Orchestra
New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington may only have around 400,000 people, but it’s a very happening place. With local...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012
