Reviews
Wagadu Grooves Vol 2: the Hypnotic Sound of Camara 1991-2014
Gaye Mody Camara has had a remarkable career. A young Malian who moved to France in 1977, he started out...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025
Fania Records: The Latin Sound of New York (1964–1978)
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Continuing its celebration of Fania’s 60th birthday, the Craft Latino label has compiled an indisputable 2-LP ‘Best Of’. The gang’s...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025
Shift
Shift, the debut album from Borders-born Kirsty Law, is a fine example of the plentiful talent burgeoning from Edinburgh's session...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2015
Evening Star
The ten members of the American women's choir Kitka are heirs to a project that began 40 years ago in...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2019
The Rough Guide to Barbecue Bob
Proving that rappers and hip-hop artists weren’t the first African-American musicians to adopt street names was Robert Hicks: he cooked,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Westward
One half of Irish duo Lumiere, with Pauline Scanlon, Éilís Kennedy hails from Dingle, Co Kerry in the west of...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: June/2017
Agô
The title of this album from percussionist, singer, composer and bandleader Dendê Macêdo means ‘To Ask Permission’ in Yoruba, the...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2022
Cairo Moon
This exciting album is rooted in a rich Middle Eastern soundscape. It's performed by a Canada-based quartet of musicians hailing...
Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
The Widening Gyre
Recorded in Nashville and fully funded by fans through pledgemusic, The Widening Gyre sees the venerable sextet finding new creative...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2015
Tirana 100
Over the last half a century or so there have been many attempts to reveal ‘Europe’s unknown music,’ which usually...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: May/2021
