Reviews
Strange Birds in Paradise
Subtitled A West Papuan Soundtrack: Music Can Rise Above Tyranny, this recording provides the audio backing to a recent documentary...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Invocación
Some aficionados of Latin American music can listen to the swaying rhythms of salsa or the rippling beats of son...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2015
The Ultimate Guide to Scottish Folk
The third in a series of Ultimate Guide collections, following Spanish and Irish editions, this two-CD set traces the development...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
North Wind
Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen
When Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen released their first opus, 2011’s One Nation, with its mix of Aboriginal chants...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: October/2013
To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings from Istanbul
One of many surprisingly delightful Middle Eastern releases of the last two years was Honest Jon’s compilation of remastered Iraqi...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2010
Different Orbits
Groove is at the centre of everything London six-piece J-Sonics do. Whether genre-hopping through soul, funk or samba, this jazz...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Ani Ukali, Sangai Orali
Here's something a little different, from the new-school folk band Night. They attempt to take the folk traditions – principally...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2015
Dawn
Javier Limón, from Madrid, is best known as a flamenco guitarist and producer for the likes of Paco de Lucía...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
World Massala
Manu Chao was probably the first internationally recognised artist to really nail world fusion – from his early days rocking...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
One People One World
Around the same time as Seun Kuti's excellent new album Black Times, elder brother Femi has also returned to the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
