Reviews
Addis to Omega
Those familiar with the heavily Ethiopian-influenced band heard on the last three Dub Colossus albums will hardly recognise this new...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Frank Y Sus Inquietos
In the clubs of Caracas in the late 1960s, salsa was going off. Or more specifically, a sound that mixed...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2022
Abale Ndikuwuzeni
Let's start by introducing Gasper Nali's instrument, which is known as a babatoni. Once seen, it's never forgotten. It is...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2016
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
Lulanga Tales
Nyati Mayi & The Astral Synth Transmitters
Veteran of the Brussels music scene since the late 1980s, multi-instrumentalist Nyati Mayi has roots in the Congo, and on...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: November/2022
Nine Decades Vol 1
Nine Decades could easily be the most exciting new series of albums in Indian music for some time: sitar king...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2012
Tentation
Temptation has rarely sounded this exuberant. Inspired by the biblical theme of the temptation of Saint Anthony, the Yves Lambert...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: November/2018
The Inner Indian
This is a duo with a difference: Nicola Hayes is an Australian fiddler who has settled in Brittany and teamed...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2017
Rebujo
As energised as guaraná, as saucy as a Sid James laugh, as sultry as samba at sunset on a tropical...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Reeling
The Reeling ends with the great singer and piper Rona Lightfoot, now 82 years old, giving a little laugh of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2019
