Reviews
Autumn of the World
A familiar array of mostly acoustic instruments deftly wielded in the service of retro-modern styles make for an exceptionally compelling...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Trance Percussion Masters of South Sudan
This hypnotic set comes from a village on the outskirts of Juba, the river port on the banks of the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
This is Kologo Power!
Music from Bolgatanga, the capital of Ghana's Sahelian north-east region, is hugely different from the more accessible highlife generally made...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
This Land is Your Land
With a generous 50 tracks, this release is as good a retrospective as it is possible to squeeze onto two...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2011
NO VISA
Globe-trotting producer Captain Planet calls his personal style ‘gumbo funk’ – all manner of flavours brought together and bubbled into...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020
Kişlar Lâl Oldu (Winter Has Fallen Silent)
The strange couple at the heart of this recording is that of Hacıoğlu's silky tenor singing voice, and the divan...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: June/2017
Tongues
One can never be fully prepared before entering Tanya Tagaq’s latest creation Tongues. Bold and experimental, the album is a...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2022
Chewing the Fat
There are ambitious debut albums and there is Chewing the Fat. In this first solo record, London-based Irish violinist James...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018
