Reviews
Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985
While reggae music has long had a reverent fanbase in Japan, the country’s musicians have generally shied away from attempting...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: November/2023
Crystal Lexicon
There really is some excellent and inspiring stuff coming out of Tehran these days and Crystal Lexicon is no exception....
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2023
Spirits
It’s easy to overlook Togo, wedged between Ghana, Benin and Nigeria. Musically that places its capital, Lomé, right in the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023
Live in Turku
Dawda Jobarteh & Stefan Pasborg
Bliss it must have been to have attended the Finnish jazz festival where this live set was recorded featuring the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2024
Akal
Tarwa N-Tiniri were born in Ouarzazate, Morocco’s ‘door of the desert’ and Akal marks their second album. Its title translates...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2024
From the Ground
Laura-Beth Salter & Ali Hutton
Nature now can be attributed as a band member on albums and songs, and it should see royalties pour down...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2024
Acoustic
Along with Alpha Blondy and the late Lucky Dube, Ivory Coast’s Tiken Jah Fakoly is part of a righteous trinity...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
La Negra – Tribute to Mercedes Sosa
Claudia Meyer’s fourth solo album is a tribute to Argentinian folk singer Mercedes Sosa, affectionately known as ‘La Negra’. Meyer’s...
Reviewed by Silvia Rothlisberger in issue: May/2024
