Reviews
A Black & Tan Ball
Ben Hunter, Phil Wiggins & Joe Seamons
This may not be a concert recording, but it has all the spontaneity, intimacy and magic of a great gig:...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2017
Zoom
Rachid Taha's first album in four years is not quite in the same bracket as Muhammad Ali's retrieval of the...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2013
Songs of Exile Vol 1-3
The Naghash Ensemble take their name from Mkrtich Naghash, a 15th-century Armenian poet, priest and painter. Living in the Armenian...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2020
I'm Not Here to Hunt Rabbits
Here is a remarkable compilation of modern rural acoustic guitar and vocal music from Botswana. One of the performers on...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Peru: Music of the Awajún and Wampis Amazonia, Cenepa Valley
Assessing an album of 36 brief pieces of music from small Amazonian settlements in Peru is a challenging task. The...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
Largo da Memória
With Largo da Memória (Coast of Memory), Ribeiro confirms himself as one of the most distinctive artists in the new...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: October/2014
Ondatropica
No one does Colombia with as much attention to detail as Soundway Records. Their latest two-CD release, Ondatrópica, is a...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know
Full disclosure: your reviewer fully anticipated not raving about this album. While appreciating Rising Appalachia’s raison dêtre, my ears have...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Pour Me A Grog: The Funaná Revolt in 1990s Cabo Verde
Anyone who has come across Madonna's latest album may have noticed the singer's recent love affair with Cape Verdean music....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
