Reviews
Amplexo
What does it currently take to stand out from the massive crowd of new fadistas that keeps growing by the...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2022
Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection
There are still many notable gaps in the history of the mysterious composer and bandleader Sun Ra. Born in Birmingham,...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
Lam Klom Thung: Essential Phairin Phonphibun
Veteran bandleader, songwriter and producer Surin Paksiri has long been regarded as one of north-east Thailand's key musical figures. The...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: April/2016
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
The Jellyman's Daughter
By something of a coincidence, Edinburgh duo The Jellyman's Daughter close their debut album with a rather unnervingly intimate version...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2015
Oyo
The diva from Benin returns and as if to announce the fact, Oyo begins with the sustained solo cry of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2010
Dounia Tabolo
Now in his mid-70s, Traoré was allegedly playing African blues guitar even before the late, great Ali Farka Touré. His...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Don’t Give Up
Born in Kinshasa, Jason Tamba, who began playing guitar at the age of seven on a homemade instrument, went on...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2022
