Reviews
Starshine
Taiwan sadly remains an afterthought in the world music community so having another A Moving Sound album arrive in 2022,...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: December/2022
Naquêl Tempo Câ Tinha
Elísio Gomes & Papá de Betina hail from Santa Catarina on Cape Verde's island of Santiago. Both were in their...
Reviewed by Bram Posthumus in issue: May/2023
A Little Wilderness
Foreman is the founder of the Glasgow Old Time Session who has taken her old-time fiddle music around the world,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2025
Salsa Explosion: The Salsa Revolution 1969-1984
There are so many Latin compilations available these days that it almost warrants a separate tab on confused.com. But never...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Shogun Orchestra
New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington may only have around 400,000 people, but it’s a very happening place. With local...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012
Power Punch!!!
An apt title indeed! Owiny Sigoma Band have aimed high and stolen the electronic Afro-roots crown. Their music has become...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2013
Meridian 68
We are getting used to wild and wonderful global collaborations. But this must still be a first; a Polish-Ukrainian band...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Shine
Caroline Keane has had an increasingly prominent presence on the Irish and international touring circuit since she was 15. Now...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2020
The Tel Aviv Session
From the opening notes of Vieux Farka Tomé's spare acoustic guitar riff, backed by fellow Souleymane Kane's gently tapped calabash...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012
