Reviews
Rio Samba
Uh-oh. Rio… samba, sun and Olympic Games spring to mind. Something tawdry, perhaps, to cash in on the hullabaloo. Not...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2016
Kalamburage
SkaZka were formed by two youths, Artur Gortatschov and Valentin Butt, who shared a homeland in the former Soviet Union...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2013
Philantropiques
First up, a confession: having seen French jazz/soul/funk/rap producer Guts on stage and been less than impressed, I had low...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2019
Tantabara
Recorded with minimal equipment in a makeshift studio in their hometown of Niamey, the third international release from Niger's Tal...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018
Clint Eastwood/Many Moods of the Upsetters
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry needs little introduction, being both a celebrated pioneer and producer of Jamaican music and an in-demand performer...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2019
Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77
As suggested in the title, The Funkees were one of the Nigerian bands in the 1970s whose musical bias lay...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2012
Soul of Bengal
The group presenting this charming collection of Bangladeshi music lives up to its name. It is indeed an all-star cast:...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Symphony!
Good melodies are dauntingly difficult to write. So perhaps it's not surprising that on projects like this one the performances...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Apr/May/2015
The Longing Kind
‘For this album I didn’t want to hide behind historical disasters and mythological beastsat the expense of my own experience,’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2016
Bahto Delo Delo
Marin ‘Tsagoi’ Sandu is an accordionist and singer from that heartland of Romanian Gypsy music, Clejani. Indeed he's the son...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015
