Reviews
Lulanga Tales
Nyati Mayi & The Astral Synth Transmitters
Veteran of the Brussels music scene since the late 1980s, multi-instrumentalist Nyati Mayi has roots in the Congo, and on...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: November/2022
Samba Carioca
Vinicius Cantuaria has been producing finely crafted, softly sung, smoky bossa nova records since he left Brazil for New York...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2010
Evergreen In Your Mind
The Norwegian singer-songwriter returns with a delicate, introspective set of songs for voice and acoustic guitar. Liner notes tell us...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: May/2026
Bass Culture, Volume 1: This Town is Too Hot!
In line with Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of independence, Nascente Records have compiled a four-volume, 160-track summary of the island’s greatest...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012
Djangologie
Had he been American, Django Reinhardt would surely have received the Hollywood biopic treatment by now. The story of how...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2010
Lanbousir
Lanbousir (L’Emb-ouchure) is Christine Salem’s fourth album of studio-recorded compositions in the traditional maloya style, for voice and percussion ensemble....
Reviewed by Paddy Bush in issue: Apr/May/2011
A Great Day For The Race
Flap! (yes, the exclamation mark is part of the band name) hail from Melbourne and were discovered by Marcus Britton...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
SIHR
Frédéric D Oberland, Grégory Dargent, Tony Elieh & Wassim Halal
This album by four musicians from the eastern end of the Mediterranean is a real gallimaufry, in the best sense...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/2024
Pool
Did someone say ‘funky folk’? Yes? Well, you’ve come to the right place. The sixth studio album from multi-instrumentalist Ross...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2025
