Reviews
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
African Revolution
Tiken Jah Fakoly is perhaps Africa’s most gifted reggae artist, stepping deftly in the footsteps of fellow Ivorian Alpha Blondy....
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Sê
It’s never easy when someone, unable to fight destiny picks up on the same craft their parents excelled...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2022
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn
While her husband Béla Fleck has been busily recording with African musicians, Abigail Washburn has forged a productive collaboration with...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2020
Jamaica Folk Trance Possession: Mystic Music from Jamaica, Roots of Rastafari 1939-1961
This two-CD set is no less than a historic document, among the most important anthologies of Jamaican audio ever assembled....
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2013
Je Suis Africain
Reviewing the last will and testament of recently departed artists can sometimes be difficult with sentiment clouding critical judgement and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019
Volume II
The Armagh Rhymers have been fusing ancient and modern, the mundane and the magical, legend and the life lived since...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2022
