Reviews
Caçada Noturna
With his fourth solo album for the Swedish label, the Afro-Brazilian minstrel from Salvador reinforces a decade-long recording relationship and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2024
Curyman II
‘Curyman’, the opening track of Rogê’s (Roger José Cury) follow-up, revisits the final, brief ‘O Vento’ from 2023’s Curyman (reviewed...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: February/March/2025
Once We Had a Home
The Rohingya people are among the most persecuted on the planet. In 1982, they were driven from their ancestral homes...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2024
Chat Iskandaria
Lebanese singer Nouhad Wadie Haddad, better known simply as Fairuz, falls into that select category of ‘living legends’. After recording...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025
Sunce Te Gleda
With a title translating as ‘Sun is Looking at You’, the album cover hints that this is a sequence of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2025
La Noche
Radio Tarifa were one of the great Spanish bands of the 90s, their blend of Spanish, North African and medieval...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/2026
King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
To mark the centenary of the king of zydeco’s birth, and following an acclaimed tribute album on Valcour Records, topped...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: February/March/2026
Dislocated Pulse
The debut album by Persian kamancheh virtuoso and composer Mehrnam Rastegari is a short but sharp statement, brimming with confidence...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: February/March/2026
Of Time
Ethio-jazz- and Afrobeat-inspired groups are a ubiquitous presence at music festivals these days, with new album releases appearing year after...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: February/March/2026
