Reviews
Inspired by Chance
Their 2014 album Tall Tales and Misadventures saw Limerick quintet Goitse up the ante with a set marked by variety,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2016
Lysbærer
Lysbærer could easily be the soundtrack to any of the popular Viking series available on our screens and it’s the...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: May/2022
Kangaroo Dance
In Congo's Lingala language the term nzong-nzing (or zong-zing) refers to any kind of additional work activity. In musical terms...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2020
Fu Chronicles
This isn't your average Afrobeat album; this one explores not only messages of black power and equality, but also the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2020
Baguala de la Siesta
Ex-pat Argentinians in Paris are legion and involved in all kinds of musical projects, from Gotan Project’s Eduardo Makaroff to...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012
Movimento
You could say that Aline Frazão is the Mayra Andrade of Angola – a singer who has made a concerted...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2015
Cuba: Music and Revolution – Culture Clash in Havana Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85, Vol 2
Soul Jazz continue their excavation of Cuba’s Areito records with a second volume picking up where the first left off....
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022
Lady On The Green
Rafe Stefanini was born in Italy and, like the Italian film director Sergio Leone, fell in love with the US...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2012
Nordic Notes #100: Great Tunes from Scandinavia
Nordic Notes is a German record label with a passion for the music of northern Europe and Finland in particular....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2018
Mali in Oak
In 2015 kora and cello player Tunde Jegede and South African guitarist Derek Gripper played a candlelit concert as a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017
