Reviews
Caracoles
Six years after their Grammy-nominated debut on Daptone, the retro Cuban/New York orchestra’s third album hits another home run. Right...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2024
Congo Funk! Sound Madness from the Shores of the Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982)
A simplified history of music during the period dubbed L’Authenticité in the Congo shows a period of heavily state-funded and...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: June/2024
Hajda!
This is the debut of a new band focussing on the traditional music of Polesia, a region of eastern Poland,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2024
Black Woman & Child (2024 Remix)
Miguel Collins, far better known as Sizzla, played an intriguing role in reggae history. He began recording in the late...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2025
The Instruction Manual
I’d not heard a robotic choir before, and won’t hear one again based on The Instruction Manual’s self-titled debut album....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
A Assembleia Extraordinária
Rock gaúcho, rock from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, always had a penchant for the music of the British invasion....
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Sweet Release
‘These strings, this drum, from another world they come, bringing songs of sweet release,’ Adams sings over a thunderous Rachid...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2024
Maré Cheia
Musician and anthropologist Meno Del Picchia has managed to combine his academic career with songwriting and music production. He’s explored...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025
