Reviews
Surrender To Love
Malcolm McLaren once called Culshaw “the Indiana Jones of world music”, and whether in Cuba at the start of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2026
Uhamiaji
When a press release states that an album will redefine the boundaries of whatever style it purports to represent, you...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: November/2017
Rodrigo & Gabriela & C.U.B.A — Area 52
As successful as previous albums from the rocked-up flamenco guitar wizards have been, someone clearly decided it was time to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012
Dos
Los Fabulocos featuring Kid Ramos
Los Angeles’ pop¬ulation is now more than 50% Mexican. Yet if you follow the mainstream media you would believe that...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The Reach
A debut album for the ages from Cardiff-based collective Afro Cluster, whose mission to ‘address the struggles facing individuals and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Jedba: Spiritual Music from Morocco
Abdesselam Damoussi & Nour Eddine
The brainchild of producer Abdesselam Damoussi and multi-instrumentalist Nour Eddine, this set of Moroccan Sufi music from across the kingdom...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2019
The Water is the Shovel of the Shore
Shovel Dance Collective's epic album dredges down through bodies of water. It shifts through the capital, raw materials and hard...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2023
Simnadé + 4
When this recording was first released as an LP on the Rogue Records label in 1989 it heralded the exciting...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2020
Tonkori in the Moonlight
This writer interviewed OKI, the famed Ainu musician and producer from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, for this magazine some...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2022
