Reviews
Tongues
One can never be fully prepared before entering Tanya Tagaq’s latest creation Tongues. Bold and experimental, the album is a...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2022
Nha Sunhu
Think of the music of Guinea-Bissau, and the artists that spring to mind are probably men: Ernesto Dabo, Justino Delgado...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2016
Chewing the Fat
There are ambitious debut albums and there is Chewing the Fat. In this first solo record, London-based Irish violinist James...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018
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
