Reviews
The Karindula Sessions: Tradi-Modern Sounds From Southeast Congo
A giant banjo, made out of an oil barrel, a goat skin, four strings and an empty bag of powdered...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2011
Sabor Sureño
No qualms about this. Craft’s latest Fania reissue is a certifiable classic – or as near as damn it. The...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Dernier Appel
The singer Tiken Jah Fakoly is next in line to Alpha Blondy on the somewhat specialised Ivory Coast reggae scene,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2014
The Rough Guide to the Best Country Blues You’ve Never Heard
From the serene to the eccentric, this is an unusual collection of obscure acoustic blues from the 1920s and 30s....
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
Kill Me or Negotiate
Egyptian vocalist and trumpeter Abdullah Miniawy and French electronicist Simo Cell have been collaborating for just over two years, tinkering...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2021
Indigenous Matter: Music from Africa & the Americas
Musician-producer, Chris Warwick took advantage of his travels around the Americas and West Africa in the 80s, to record music...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Aegina’s Secret
Yinon Muallem | Yinon Muallem & Guy Mintus
After a visit to Aegina, one of the Saronic Islands near Athens, Israeli-born composer, percussionist and oud maestro Yinon Muallem...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2026
Sinuose
Sinuose is the debut album of singer-songwriter Luli Braga. Born in Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, her...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2021
Cuttin' Grass Vol 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions
Sturgill Simpson's Cuttin' Grass Vol 2 features the same combination of insightful, often satirically humorous and self-deprecating, songwriting and brilliant...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2021
Omera
Ayub Ogada, who died in 2019, was one of Kenya’s finest musicians, a master of the nyatiti (lyre), and a...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2022
