Reviews
Dzen
There are many projects that aim for a pan-African sound; they usually rely on collaboration between different cultures. Not for...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Don’t You Want To Go?
A superbly talented fiddle player from Kansas City, Missouri, and member of the acoustic bluegrass band The Wilders, Betse Ellis...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Our World in Song
Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
“What would it sound like,” pondered Wu Man, “if I played folk songs from around the world such as ‘Frère...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Maloya Malbar
Is La Réunion the new Cuba? Just as the music of the latter pulsed ubiquitously through the late 90s and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2023
Live in Detroit 1986
This is a recording of Fela Anikulapo Kuti performing with Egypt 80 at Detroit’s Fox Theatre in 1986. He’d just...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2012
Ħadãeq
Formed in Belgium in 2010 Mólo Sâyat began life as a jam band, playing versions of the Mediterranean songs that...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2022
African Harmonies
African ground hornbills don’t sing, but they do emit calls that can apparently be heard from a distance of about...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: December/2015
Wayo
On the opening title-track of Benjamin's third album, the guitar riffs explode like Led Zeppelin and the drums detonate like...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Comorian: We Are an Island, but We’re Not Alone
This is an oddball of an album. Produced by Ian Brennan – of Tinariwen fame – this release is as...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2021
