Reviews
At Kriol Junction
It’s been five years since this multi¬cultural collective’s compelling and original debut album More Big Musik from Over There! But...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: June/2014
Portu in Core
Followers of Corsican supergroup I Muvrini (The Mountain Sheep) will know the formula: voices steeped in tradition; an ensemble that's...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: April/2020
Kathryn Tickell & The Side
The brilliant Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell has worked with classical musicians before, composing for the Nash Ensemble, percussionist Joanna MacGregor...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
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
