Reviews
Mare
Why do Germans go to the Mediterranean for their holidays? I know, a controversial question, and liable to prompt talk...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021
Schimpelsberger Circle of Sound
Soumik Datta is Britain's most exciting sarod player, both in Indian classical and new experimental music. This disc, with Austrian-born...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2012
The Exorcism of a Spinster
This is the confident debut solo album by this Zimbabwean mbira (thumb piano) player and singer, who may be familiar...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: November/2019
Santié Papang
Few female vocalists have successfully ventured into La Réunion's politically-charged maloya music. The Indian Ocean blues was initially banned by...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2015
Rais
Tambu music from Curaçao is a drum-based genre that has incredible significance for the islanders. It is a particularly social...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2018
Seengwa
Mamadou Diabaté & Percussion Mania
Born into a griot family in Burkina Faso in 1973 and a master of the balafon, Mamadou Diabaté released his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022
Habana Dreams
A conguero who sings, rather well, Pedrito Martinez has been building a reputation on the New York Latin music scene...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016
Oliveiras
One should always try to forget any preconceptions when approaching a fado singer from abroad, with no real reputation or...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2018
United States of Africa
For over 15 years, Luciano (aka Jepther McClymont) has been the most consistent roots singer in Jamaica, releasing a steady...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
