Reviews
Sika Mila
Mayotte became the 101st department of France in 2011, but located between Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique, the archipelago's...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2019
Parachute
It's hard to pinpoint what exactly makes Trio Dhoore's music their own: what makes their art distinctive, or even identifiably...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: December/2015
Senegalesa
Senegalese griot styles, Cuban sassiness, Afro-funk power, slamming dance floor beats and swirling layers of electronica are all thrown into...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Maloya Malbar
Is La Réunion the new Cuba? Just as the music of the latter pulsed ubiquitously through the late 90s and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2023
Encores
How the mighty fall. Charles Aznavour is one of the last remaining French icons from an era where only the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: October/2015
Mexico Mágico Cosmico
This re-release of a 1981 Mexican government-sponsored music project is a curiosity in many ways. It is an album that...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2018
Wayo
On the opening title-track of Benjamin's third album, the guitar riffs explode like Led Zeppelin and the drums detonate like...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Marchita
Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada plays a host of instruments, but says she most often opts for the Venezuelan cuatro guitar,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2022
Borrowed Time
Appalachian banjo and fiddle player, bilingual singer-songwriter and activist à la Pete Seeger, Joe Troop calls this his ‘dream album.’...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2021
Ritual
Right in the middle of the rock-jazz-Latin Venn diagram there's a sweet spot reserved for Santana. Many have tried to...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022
