Reviews
Echo
Ben Walker is hailed as one of the world's finest acoustic guitarists, for the half dozen brilliant albums he made...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2019
Native American Flute
Native American flute music has enjoyed a vast popularity ever since R Carlos Nakai first began recording in the 1980s...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2016
Nordic Notes #100: Great Tunes from Scandinavia
Nordic Notes is a German record label with a passion for the music of northern Europe and Finland in particular....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2018
From Nubia to Cairo
First released back in 1989, when ‘world music’ was young, this set is as life-enhancing and plain funky as an...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2019
Tur Kur Mīti
Latvian post-folk group Iļg‘i have been around for over three decades, tracing their heritage back to the folk-oriented musicological researches...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2018
¡Así es… Con salsa
Alfredo Gutierrez y Los Caporales del Magdalena
One of the things that puts non-addicts off salsa is the repetition, the predictability, the trance-inducing level tone. For dancers,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2023
Indumiso YabeNguni
Ntuthuko Ndebele – aka Mthuthu – began setting his lyrics to house music in collaboration with various South African DJs...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2025
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Biyo (Water is Love)
Pop-culture history is littered with actors chancing their arm at cutting records, from Robert Mitchum’s dalliances with calypso through to...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2010
Aratan n Azawad
No surprise that Terakaft – the name means ‘caravan’ in Tamasheq – stayed pretty close to the sound of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2011
Between The Ditches
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Each year, Reverend J Peyton and his blues trio [pictured below] set out from their home in the heart of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
