Reviews
El Callegüeso y su Mala Maña
Cali is known as the home of salsa in Colombia, a reputation based on the way they dance it, rather...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017
Alerta Canibal
Founders of Spain's mestizo movement, fusing salsa, rock, ska, funk, cumbia and the rhythms of Afrobeat with the attitude of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
Battlefield Dance Floor
This 18th studio album from Devon favourites Show of Hands treads territory their loyal fans know so well – a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2019
Brasslands: A Motion Picture Soundtrack
When Miles Davis ventured to the annual brass festival in Guca, in western Serbia, he was astonished. “I didn’t know...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
CantöRiöndö
The spirit of Genoa resounds through this celebration of the singing circle of trallalero – a form of urban traditional...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Hungarian Noir: A Tribute to the Gloomy Sunday
Thankfully the song ‘Gloomy Sunday’ does not directly cause people to commit suicide. Otherwise I would be 12 times deceased...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2016
Deadly Hearts
A tribute album of cover versions of iconic Australian indigenous-oriented songs that have impacted on younger Aboriginal musicians, Deadly Hearts...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018
Honkytonk Heartbreaker
This is the second full-length album by New Brunswick, Nova Scotia-based bluegrass barnstormers The Backyard Devils. Released in the US...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2017
Babi
Touareg music hasn't always been about electric guitars and the Tamashek quartet Al Bilali Soudan (an ancient name for the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2023
Nakibembe Embaire Group
Nakibembe is a small village in Uganda's Busoga Kingdom, where the residents preserve the local tradition of playing and dancing...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2023
