Reviews
The Best Boleros from the Costa Chica
The ‘Costa Chica’, or ‘little coast’, is the stretch of Pacific shore that runs from south of Acapulco to the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2018
The Confluence
If there’s anything negative to say about Fela Kuti’s music in particular and Afrobeat in general it’s that it don’t...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2024
Beyond the Borders
Maria Farantouri & Cihan Türkoglu
This project brings together the Greek singer Maria Farantouri and Anatolian saz player and composer Cihan Türkoğlu, who arranged all...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels
The Battle of the Hotels was a vicious conflict that took place in Beirut at the beginning of the Lebanese...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Kalba
Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon
Recorded in a church in north Ghana, this charity-driven collaboration between Ghanaian xylophonist Isaac Birituro and British producer and singer-songwriter...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2019
Live At The Quecumbar
Benoit Viellefon is a 30-something French guitarist and singer who resides in the UK. Viellefon is a dapper dresser –...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Absolutely The… Uniques
Sweet harmonies reign supreme on this previously ultra-rare Trojan release, available now for the first time since 1968. In Jamaica,...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2018
The Whiting’s on the Wall
Paul Sartin and Paul Hutchinson just can’t help themselves. If ever one tune reminds them of another - for even...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2014
The Butterfly
Teaming up with classical musicians has almost become a rite of passage for the accomplished traditional musician. Sometimes such collaborations...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2019
God Bless the USA
Originally from Mumbai and now based in San Jose, California, harmonica player and singer Aki Kumar – the ‘King of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2025
