Reviews
Men Lŏnu
Duo Landry+ formed in 2016 after an encounter at the Institut Français de Cotonou. Together, clarinettist, flautist and saxophonist Landry...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2024
Amall
Six years in the making, Amall marks the debut of the Rabbath Electric Orchestra, a transgenerational collaboration between the legendary...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: September/2025
Brazilian Beat
Putumayo's latest instalment of Latin music does not intend to be a definitive collection of new Brazilian music. It is...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2012
Empire & Love
The Imagined Village began not so much as a band but a concept – melding multi-cultural Britain with its folk...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2010
Trinidad-Calypso 1939-59
This double CD meanders across 20 years of Trinidad and Tobago musical history offering a warm, humorous chronicle of a...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2012
Silt
While US-based Sudanese singer Alsarah appeared on our radar last year with her work as part of the Nile Project,...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2014
DJ Lubi presents 100% Salsa
Hardcore salseros will be twirling for joy at the news of the release of 100% Salsa, a sprawling collection of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010
A Pilgrim's Tale
This year sees the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower setting sail with 102 passengers, mostly religious refugees, for a new...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2020
Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958-1971
Alongside Alan Lomax and William Ferris, Robert ‘Mack’ McCormick fits into the tradition of white American enthusiasts of African-American roots...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2023
