Reviews
Doghouse
All is quiet on the Balkan front of late. One exception from the region is this jazzy new release from...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/February/2023
Mayday
In the middle of this excellent album two songs exemplify its sophistication. In ‘The Factory Girl’, a woman rejects the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Osmanity
Like rats jumping a sinking ship, world beat DJs have ditched the Balkans in favour of sounds further afield —...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/2021
Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria
One of the great things to happen musically in the post–civil war Nigeria of the 1970s was the birth and...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2010
Ferahnak
Bekir Sahin Baloglu & Nurullah Kanik
With the continuing activity of reissues of archival recordings and the increased circulation of musicians from Turkey, a CD like...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Highlife on the Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings from London & Lagos 1954-66
This double-CD set captures the ‘colonial’-influenced dance music of Anglophone West Africa, from shortly before and after Ghanaian and Nigerian...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2015
Alquimia
Swedish flamenco guitarist Robert ‘Robi’ Svärd released his engaging debut album Pa'ki Pa'ka in 2016. This album won him not...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2018
The Great Dark Water
Andrew Cronshaw’s recent albums and live performances have been consistently fascinating. He’s an eclectic collaborator, who has brought together a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Dor de Mar
Tcheka’s last album, Lonji, was superb and earned five stars from this reviewer. Dor de Mar is even better and...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Gwo Ka: Music of Guadeloupe, West Indies
Many listeners may have been drawn to the exuberant, complex percussion found in Guadaloupe by Kassav’, the long-lived Paris-based band...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
