Reviews

Corazón de Piel Afuera

Cuarteto Cedrón

Since 1964's Madrugada, Juan ‘Tata’ Cedrón, at the head of assorted line-ups, has been performing a kind of free-form River...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Mayday

Lady Maisery

In the middle of this excellent album two songs exemplify its sophistication. In ‘The Factory Girl’, a woman rejects the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Soisín

Kíla

Kíla have stepped away from the dance floor and into the chill-out room with the meditative, Japanoiserie of Soisín, their...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2010

Finno-Balkan Voices

Finno-Balkan Voices

Eight female vocalists – four Finnish, and four Bulgarian – meet here in a collaboration that stems from a course...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2015

Zan

Liraz

Iranian Jewish artist Liraz is a big star in Israel, where her family have been based since the 1970s, and...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020

Makgona Tsohle Reggi

Makgona Tsohle Band

The resurrection of Makgona Tsohle Reggi – recorded in 1970 – reconnects modern listeners to an experimental fusion of mbaqanga,...

Reviewed by Franki Clemens in issue: April/2021

An Anthology (1857-1912)

Abd Al-Hayy Hilmi

This is a cross¬section of the legacy of Egyptian singer Abd Al-Hayy Hilmi, whose final years of life coincided with...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Handful of Earth

Dick Gaughan

When this album was released in November 1981, the year had already seen riots in Brixton, Toxteth and Moss Side,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019

My Life in a Hole in the Ground

African Head Charge

This is a very welcome reissue of the first four albums by African Head Charge – reissued as individual vinyl...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2016

Embalo

Liana

When Liana first became known to a wider audience, it did not take an expert to spot a young girl...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2014