Reviews
Soundspecies & Ache Meyi
This thoughtful, affecting cross-cultural collaboration between British production duo Henry and Olly Keen (Soundspecies) and veteran Afro-Cuban ensemble Ache Meyi...
Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: March/2018
Urranta
Deirdre Graham comes from a musical family on the Isle of Skye. After studying Gaelic song and clarsach at the...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: January/2021
Mirador
The English-language tracks of this album are fine, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by any fans of Po'Girl or First...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2020
Lullaby for Naila
How right-on do you like your music? The London Lucumi Choir is a community choir that doesn’t select through auditions....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Chaos
The French multi-instrumentalist's 26th album begins with the sound of rain and distant thunder, out of which comes a tremulous...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: December/2017
Tamo Doli
Dunja Knebl is one of Croatia ’ s most experienced singers of traditional music; for the past two decades...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Zone 6, Agege
Soaring highlife horns and harmonies jostle with hip-hop vocals and reggae rhythms to create a thoroughly engaging and very modern...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2022
Makgona Tsohle Reggi
The resurrection of Makgona Tsohle Reggi – recorded in 1970 – reconnects modern listeners to an experimental fusion of mbaqanga,...
Reviewed by Franki Clemens in issue: April/2021
Handful of Earth
When this album was released in November 1981, the year had already seen riots in Brixton, Toxteth and Moss Side,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019
