Reviews
Pecados Tropicales
You’d think six Latina women playing a punky cumbia with ‘queer’ in their band name had to be a good...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
The Koka Koka Sex Battalion – Music from Tanzania 1975-1980
It's gratifying to know that some record labels are still able to recognise the value of compilations of vintage, previously...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2012
Desde Espana… La Columna de Fuego
Why it’s taken so long for this gem of an album to be reissued is one of those mysteries that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater Johnson in issue: January/February/2024
Kulture Noir
She sings beautifully. She writes and composes. She speaks out against injustice. She makes her own out-there clothing. If ever...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Reste la Lumière
This album starts off, appropriately enough, with a track called ‘Courage’, and the long vocal line supported only by a...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2016
Solid Gold U Roy
The death of U Roy in February at the age of 78 had an ‘end of an era’ feeling, since...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Maggio
Maggio stands alongside past highlights from this solid, masterful quartet: it embraces Tuscan and Central Italy's traditional music, hints of...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2016
