Reviews
Four Spirits
Is Abel Selaocoe the most exciting musician in the world right now? Adding to the growing case is his third...
Reviewed by Oliver Craske in issue: October/2025
Masonolay i Cepo’
The message is a celebration of Taiwan’s Indigenous culture. The medium is rock. Outlet Drift is a trio from Taiwan’s...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2026
L’Orchestre National Mauritanien
A never-before-released record of a once-famous, almost-forgotten group who were the progenitors of their very own style: this album is...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023
The Kusum Beat
That the author of the liner notes, in archetypal 1970s African self¬empowerment fashion, signs himself ‘Super Star’ is as likely...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
Black &White: Recorded in the Field by Art Rosenbaum
In 2007 and 2009, Dust to D igital released volumes one and two of Art of the Field Recording by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2011
Wona Baba Maraire
Tendai ‘Baba’ Maraire is a man of credentials. As half of Shabazz Palaces, he is a Seattle hip-hopper signed to...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: Apr/May/2012
Something is Wrong – Vintage Recordings From East Africa
In days gone by, you might have expected to find this kind of compilation released on a more specialist label...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2011
Anda Jaleo
Josephine Foster & the Víctor Herrero Band
Recorded live in Mecina Bombaron in Granada in August 2009, this is an interesting project: Josephine Foster and Víctor Herrero...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Méditerranées
Luxury liners take a similar route – from the Rock to the Bosphorus, skirting the coasts of Spain, France, Italy,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
No Stranger Here
Shubha Mudgal, Ursula Rucker & the Business Class Refugees
Initially I found the very idea of this album a little off-putting. A selection of 16th century Indian poems by...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2012
