Reviews
Sycophantic Friends
Attentive listeners may have first heard Atamina on the 2016 compilation This is Kologo Power!, on which he appeared alongside...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol 3
When American banjo player Bela Fleck decided to investigate his instrument's origins in Africa, he set in motion a film...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The Soul of Bollywood
Botown should be commended for endeavouring to avoid the mush of a vague world beats formula and instead focusing decisively...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Euphoric Ouroboric
David Wax and Suz Slezak are the husband-and-wife duo fronting the Mexo-Americana troupe David Wax Museum. Recorded in the couple’s...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Siriá
Wild yelps, rattling drums, relentless riffs and booming brass - this is the sound of an Amazonian street party. To...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2014
All in Always
Most records represent a step forward, or sideways, away from their predecessors. With All in Always, Laura Cortese has made...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2017
La Légende de Dakar
One thing that can never be faked or replicated is the easy, yet super-tight swing of a band that has...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Island no 16 – Memories of Future Landscapes
This deeply enchanting record was borne out of an intimate liaison with SABIWA's memories of childhood in the embattled East...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2023
