Reviews
The Guesthouse Sessions
Lockdown has proved a rich creative experience for the Belgian bal folk duo, diatonic accordionists Pascale Rubens and Toon Van...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2021
The Longshot
Never has hard graft been so tenderly celebrated as on The Long Shot, the North¬umbrian husband-and-wife duo’s fourth album. Stu...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
La Madrugá
This new album from Yasser Tejeda comprises a slick and very enjoyable collection of nine tracks merging two distinct traits...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: August/September/2023
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Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
In 2022 and at 86-years-old, Ebo Taylor performed in the US for the first time. Already a legend of highlife...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2025
One People One World
Around the same time as Seun Kuti's excellent new album Black Times, elder brother Femi has also returned to the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Under One Sun
Brina_is Subrina Ward, a Jamaican singer married to Kieran Murray, a multi-talented Scot who collaborated with her and other musicians...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
One Mississippi
Polished but never bland, infusing even the darkest stories with determined hope and beats that get you more than ready...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: April/2026
Man Shall Be Free
This Ghanaian group’s debut is a fresh collection of highlife jams. Guitar lines unwind through the compositions like a labyrinthine...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2025
Projection One
The term ‘rock’ was so out of favour at the time of the 1980s world music boom, it's taken until...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Apr/May/2012
Sweet Tooth
Here's a heady blend of ancestral Native American and Canadian First Nations culture and the emotive energy of contemporary free...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2023
