Reviews
Salulandela
Back in the late 1980s, the tight, chirpy hits of pop-fusion outfit Ilanga were a staple of Zimbabwean radio. The...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: Apr/May/2011
The Stone Turntable
Transglobal Underground were there at the start, shaking up the London club scene with their beats-driven fusion and proudly hippy...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2011
Nocturne
Born in Marseilles to Afro-Caribbean parents, Walters has enjoyed a varied career from founding the French electro hip-hop collective Zimpala...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021
A Selection of Ever-Popular Favourites
This live recording from the duo's UK tour last autumn features a set of old-time vaudeville and music hall songs,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2016
7 Fish
This is Kelly Thoma's second solo album and, like her debut Anamkhara, it reveals her to be among the most...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2015
Seengwa
Mamadou Diabaté & Percussion Mania
Born into a griot family in Burkina Faso in 1973 and a master of the balafon, Mamadou Diabaté released his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022
Nueva Era
In Cuba it's all about a nueva era right now. With Fidel Castro convalescing, his younger brother Raúl rubbing shoulders...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Answer Ballads
It’s such a neat concept, you’re surprised no one has thought of doing it before: ‘answer songs’ to classic pop...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
The Rough Guide to Fado Legends
It's only natural that for every musical genre there is one voice that stands out and outshines everyone else. If...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
