Reviews
Riots in the Jungle
Skip & Die are an enigmatic creative duo who've made a debut album that could and should be reviewed by...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013
Senegal 70
This trip back in time – some 40 years – is all courtesy of Analog Africa's crate-digger extraordinaire, Samy Ben...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Astor Piazzolla: Aconcagua/Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
There are too many random, unfocused, greatest hits cover albums of Piazzolla’s work, so it’s good to see a record...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021
Osmosi
Osmosi is a collage by three virtuoso Italian jazz-rock instrumentalists (Fabio Marconi, Alberto Pederneschi and Ivo Barbieri), blending styles from...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: April/2022
No Way to Go
Many a record containing messages of hope and unit was suppressed due to racist censorship during the South African apartheid...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2019
La Porte de Félicité
Kudsi Erguner & Doulce Mémoire
This collaboration is led by Kudsi Erguner, the renowned master of the ney (Middle Eastern flute) and veteran of countless...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2013
Brave New World
Reggae has long played a pivotal role in Pacific music, but unlike its Jamaican roots counterpart, the more derivative Oceanic...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022
Akal
Atri N’Assouf is Tamashek for ‘the star of the desert’ – a bold claim given how many great Touareg desert...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012
Minas Terra
A native of Brazil’s Minas Gerais, Philadelphia-based Anne Simoni follows in some seriously venerable footsteps, citing the likes of Milton...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2010
Bonjour
It’s all a matter of interpretation. With Bonjour, Rachid Taha, the leather-clad, Algerian-born Joe Strummer acolyte, has made a record...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: March/2010
