Reviews
Caribe
Ana Carla Maza is a woman of true ambition, being a virtuoso cellist, a songwriter and singer and a bandleader....
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2023
Ojinga’s Own
Formed in 1971 and still going strong with Eze Rockcliffe remaining at the helm, Yoruba Singers were first among equals...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2023
Lost in Tajikistan
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
These tracks were recorded in 2008 after English musician Lu Edmonds began recording musicians in a makeshift studio in the...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: October/2023
Desert Drip
It’s maybe not a very usual response to music to think, ‘how clever!’, but cleverness is what comes to mind...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2023
Iboto Ngenge
A fine balance of danceable music which pushes the boat out sonically and a sound firmly rooted in Congolese rumba...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: May/2024
The Confluence
If there’s anything negative to say about Fela Kuti’s music in particular and Afrobeat in general it’s that it don’t...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2024
Rhapsody in Blue
According to no less an authority than Jim Farrington, former Music Librarian and Director of the World Music Archive at...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
Little Sun
Austin, Minnesota’s Charlie Parr is leaving behind the country-blues derivations of his earliest works. For all their ramshackle charms, albums...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: May/2024
Évohé Bègue
Geographically, this mysterious quintet hail from the south east of France but, sonically, they manifest as though from a bustling...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2024
Monsieur MÂLÂ
Monsieur MÂLÂ, a Parisian jazz fusion quintet, emerges from the shadows of supporting roles for musicians like Blick Bassy, Mayra...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2024
