Reviews
Broadside
Bellowhead are a heavy metal outfit, Reich-like minimalists, vocal harmony virtuosi, a brass-blasting jazz combo, a shanty crew and squeezebox-driven...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
African Anthology: African Rhythms
The third in the African Anthology series continues to feature music predominantly sourced from the former Portuguese colonies, plus some...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984
Makossa united the tastes of a divided Cameroon, not least because it was a musical style that could bend around...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2017
Alumaye
The second album from the Burkinabé kamalengoni player Massa Dembele has a much bigger sound compared to his mostly solo...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Last Chance: Eight Songs on Israel/Palestine
Leon Rosselson, Reem Kelani & Janet Russell
I seem to have been emotionallyinvolved with the Israel/Palestine conflict for most of my life’, explains satirist and political singer-songwriter...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Spain Forever
This is the latest in a very occasional series of duo albums by the Dominican pianist Michel Camilo and Andalusian...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Jamu
The Calabrian-born, Naples–based singer and 12–string guitarist Massimo Ferrante has been on the go for more than two decades, exploring...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2010
New Songs From the Old Country
The tongue-in-cheek liner notes for this release, the fourth by this amalgamation of New York-based jazz and world musicians, sets...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2014
Street Clan
It's difficult to know exactly what to make of Street Clan, Invisible System's second album, as it's overall such a...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2011
