Reviews
African Griot Groove
Baba Sissoko | Djeli Mah Damba Koroba & Baba Sissoko
If you travel around the villages of West Africa, you will hear music played with a raw and earthy vigour;...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
Sabroso Mambo
75-year-old conguero Robin Jones is a Latin music institution – and, indeed, a London one. When not beating the skins...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2011
Good and Green Again
Like a roiling campfire on a cool autumn night, Columbus, Georgia-born, Durham, North Carolina-based Jake Fussell’s Good and Green Again...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022
Warm Heart, Cold Steel
Mr Bongo’s label is internationally known for its exposure of new Brazilian singers, classic reissues and hit remixes, so it’s...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: March/2010
Novos Sons e Tradições ‘Modernizadas’
Pernambuco state has long been a hotbed of some of Brazil's most innovative music, led by artists such as DJ...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Apr/May/2012
Tóg É Go Bog É
Newly reissued on double-vinyl, Tóg É Go Bog É (Take it Easy) is Kíla's 1997 sophomore offering. Then already well-established...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Buenosaurios: Leyendas de la Noche de los Tangos
Acho Estol y la Orquesta Moscas de Bar
Acho Estol is one of Argentina's leading contemporary tango lights, best known for his performances with his band La Chicana,...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Music for the Mother
The Sierra Nevada is a special mountain range. On the Caribbean coast, it’s the highest peak on any ocean and,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021
Arctic Spirit
Arctic Spirit is a beautifully produced CD (and booklet) of contemporary interpretations, improvisations and meditations on traditional Sakha (Yakut) cultural...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Apr/May/2012
Nowhere and Everywhere
Paul Smith, of Maxïmo Park, met Rachel Unthank, of The Unthanks, when both played an Africa Express concert. Collaboration between...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2023
