Reviews

Goodness

Clinton Fearon

Since quitting legendary reggae outfit The Gladiators in 1987, Clinton Fearon hasn’t changed much. Instead, his Seattle-based Boogie Brown Band...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2014

Nha Vida

Ceuzany

If you can get past the cover, which resembles a Stock, Aitken & Waterman 12” from the late 80s, this...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Chambacú

Aurita y su Conjunto

Colombian singer Aurita Castillo was just six or seven years old when she recorded two albums for Discos Fuentes in...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022

Iboto Ngenge

Ngwaka Son Systéme

A fine balance of danceable music which pushes the boat out sonically and a sound firmly rooted in Congolese rumba...

Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: May/2024

Makaya

Wesli

Does this ring any bells: “The fourth track, also in twoubadou style but merging into a faster kompa, [showcases] Wesli’s...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: April/2026

Exotic Other

Animanz & Juanita Euka

Animanz are three musical childhood friends, based in London, who front a collective committed to playing party tunes in which...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2018

Democrazy

NMB Afrobeat Experience

It's a sign of our amazing cross-cultural times that a group hailing from the Massif Central, the wild granite heart...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Utopia and Wasteland

Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar

No prizes for guessing to where the ‘utopia and wasteland’ of the title refers. It comes as no surprise that...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2018

Feather

Edgelarks

Edgelarks are Devon-based folk duo Hannah Martin and Phillip Henry, and their fifth studio album finds them once again clinging...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Jag Changa

Raghu Dixit

When the folk-rocker from Mysore, Raghu Dixit, launched himself on an unsuspecting world in 2008, he didn’t take no for...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014