Reviews
Iphupho: A Cappella from South Africa
Afrika Mamas’ fourth album, Iphupho (New Dreams), beautifully encapsulates the magic of sisterhood and the central role that community plays...
Reviewed by Franki Black in issue: April/2018
Afro Groove Queen
Manou Gallo is a bass player and singer from the Ivory Coast with an impressive history. She has worked with...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2018
Fel Az Úton
My favourite band at this year's Budapest Ritmo festival was this young quintet, based in Budapest, with a distinctly Balkan...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2018
Svara Samsara
The vast island nation of Indonesia, widely known among fans of Balinese gamelan, offers so much more contemporary and traditional...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: November/2017
Just Dennis/Deep Down
Despite being dubbed ‘The Crown Prince of Reggae’ by Bob Marley, Dennis Brown's success in Jamaica never led to international...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2019
Problemas
For their first studio album since 2010's Grammy-winning El Existential, this Austin nine-piece have abandoned their DIY approach and contracted...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016
Tirade
First performing together during a packed session in Glasgow in 2013, Eddie Seaman (pipes, whistle and bouzouki) and Luc McNalty...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2017
Vicennial: 20 Years of The Hot 8 Brass Band
The mighty Hot 8 Brass Band have been blowing the greasiest funk- and rap-influenced street brass sound for 20 years...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2015
IRE
These four Colombians who met, and started making music together, in New York, have crafted their own slightly-rock, slightly-psych and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2022
The Long Way Home
Since joining forces more than two decades ago, Devon duo Steve Knightley and Phil Beer have become not only a...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2016
