Reviews
30 Years Live!
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
If Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys are a new band to you, then you probably haven't listened to much,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2019
Revolution Sabar
Aba Diop & The Yermande Family
The Senegalese percussionist Aba Diop is a master of the ancient sabar drum of the Wolof griots, a sound heard...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2024
Ethiopiques 32
Nalbandian the Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra
Boston’s Either/Orchestra featured on Ethiopiques 20 in a live recording made in Addis in 2004 and resurface here with a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2026
DOST 2
Derya Yıldırım's vocal style may not be to everyone's taste. Compared to Anatolian pop living-legend Selda Bağcan, with whom Yıldırım...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: December/2022
Luz
This latest album from Portuguese singer and new-wave fadista Cuca Roseta is a bright and upbeat affair. It's well recorded,...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: June/2018
Pod
Released in 2004, the original Pod was the penultimate album from the dance fusion supergroup before they ceased putting out...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
So a Cantar
Three years ago, on his album Sem Dor Nem Piedade, Duarte dove deep into his mourning for a lost love;...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Tiddukla
The banjo has been a popular instrument in Moroccan music since the early 1970s, when it was first introduced by...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
