Reviews
Amall
Six years in the making, Amall marks the debut of the Rabbath Electric Orchestra, a transgenerational collaboration between the legendary...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: September/2025
Empire & Love
The Imagined Village began not so much as a band but a concept – melding multi-cultural Britain with its folk...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2010
Trinidad-Calypso 1939-59
This double CD meanders across 20 years of Trinidad and Tobago musical history offering a warm, humorous chronicle of a...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2012
Shouka
There hasn’t been much news from the Western Sahara recently. But all is not quiet on the Western front. Shouka...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Silt
While US-based Sudanese singer Alsarah appeared on our radar last year with her work as part of the Nile Project,...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2014
DJ Lubi presents 100% Salsa
Hardcore salseros will be twirling for joy at the news of the release of 100% Salsa, a sprawling collection of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010
Tombstone
The Hot 8 Brass Band have made a huge impact in the UK over the last six months. Towards the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013
Blodeugerdd – Song of the Flowers
Remember Mary Hopkin? ‘Those Were the Days’ sold millions in the late 60s, but then she walked away from pop...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2010
La Part du Feu
This attractive mix of merriment, melancholy, and mystery as much reflects Le Vent du Nord‘s approach to assembling and recording...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2010
