Reviews
Our Boys Are Doing It
Dennis Mpale (feat Kippie Moketsi)
First issued locally in 1977, Our Boys Are Doing It was trumpeter Dennis Mpale’s first solo album, although by then...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
The Complete Works of Fela Anikulapo Kuti
It’s never been easy to make a sensible suggestion when asked to nominate the best starting point to the music...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
New Jazz Musette
Plenty of artists venerate and emulate Astor Piazzolla. His distinctive signature sound, prolific output and long career left a huge...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2017
Decemberwell
An ambitious challenge was the impetus for Mike Vass’ new album. He aimed to compose and record it in just...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2013
Stradivarius in Rio
Viktoria Mullova’s 2012 autobiography From Russia to Love describes how at the age of 24 she fled Soviet Russia in...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2014
early bird // night owl
With their third album, early bird // night owl, Dowally deliver yet another exciting and eclectic release. Over the last...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2021
Selonding, Vol 3
Among the myriad styles of gamelan music found (mostly) in Bali and Java, selonding is an ancient, sacred form dating...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2023
Images on Guitar
The late Brazilian acoustic guitarist Baden Powell – yes, his father named him after the founder of the scouting movement...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2022
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
