Reviews
It’s a Good, Good Thing: The Latin Soul of Fania Records
Fania Records was started by Dominican musician Johnny Pacheco in 1964 with the idea of getting Latin recordings made by...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022
The Eternal Return
Nigh on 30 years from the coining of the term, there remains a certain oddity in styling oneself a ‘world...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017
Deep Africa
Back in the 90s, Eric Mouquet and his French ‘ethnic electronica collective’ Deep Forest did more than anyone else to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2013
Crashing waves dance to the rhythm set by the broadcast journalist revealing the tragedies of the day
Charbel Haber, Nicolás Jaar & Sary Moussa
Recorded August 2, 2024 in Beirut, during Israeli aggression against Lebanon, this album consists of a single unedited ambient improvisation...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2025
Carta a mi Amada
The ultimate world music, tango had crossed the globe many decades before any such phrase was coined. It is a...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2018
Diamond Grove
Cicadas chitter. A banjo twangs like the opening to a raga. A fiddle flickers. A cow moans. Wait, was that...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/2026
Shy Girl
London-based singer-songwriter Hollie Cook returns with a fifth album that sees her outgrow her feel-good, pop-heavy origins into a punchy...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: January/2026
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil
Taking a liberal approach to what defines psychedelic music, this latest offering from Rough Guides takes slightly ‘out there’ tracks...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013
Similar & Different
Dal:um are a Korean duo deploying two ‘similar yet different’ traditional instruments in a contemporary context. Both instruments are plucked...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
