Reviews
Event Horizon
This unique album opens at a rhythmic canter, with pulsating guitar work melded with uplifting synths to create an instrumental...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2018
Punky Halal
It's been 14 years since French Maghreb-influenced band Les Boukakes first started rocking not just the casbahs but the world...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2013
Just My Soul
This is the fourth album by Erik Aliana, the first two having been in the Bikutsi and Makossa styles of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2017
Hard Ground
The Rachel Hamer Band met on the folk degree course at Newcastle University. They play with gusto and confidence and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2017
Benin: Bariba Music
The Bariba number about 600,000, and live in the north-west Nigerian region of Borgou, around the banks of the Niger...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2013
El Chango: The Very Best Of
Chango Spasiuk’s grandparents emig¬rated from the Ukraine to Misiones, a rural region of bright green forests, vivid red earth and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Futuro Do Pretérito
On first listening, it's hard to get a handle on the São Paulo quartet's third album; their take on retro...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2019
Les Indiens d’Amérique: 1960-1961
It's encouraging to be reviewing another authentic Native American recording: while it's not exactly a glut, there is certainly much...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: October/2014
Beats Vol 2
With over 20 years’ experience of recording and performing both traditional and contemporary Pacific music, Te Vaka have always been...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020
Liga Latina
Liga Latina have been described as ‘a European supergroup.’ Well, they're a quintet of Scandinavian musicians steeped in Latin and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
