Reviews
Benvinguts al Llarg Viatge
Catalan band Txarango have been hailed as the grupo revelación, or next big thing, in the Spanish press. Taking their...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2013
Free the System
About this album, Dandana say ‘the old system can’t easily deal with young or new ideas.’ In a time where...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2020
Original Album Series
Enrique Morente, who died in 2010, was one of the most important figures in the history of recorded flamenco. Considered...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Revolutionary Minds
Zephaniah may be best known as a poet but, over the years, he's made occasional albums marrying dub and reggae...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2017
All Soundings are True
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Garth Knox
All Soundings are True picks up, in part, where Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh's sparse, raw-edged, minimalist 2014 solo offering Music for...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2017
Bu Bir Ruya
The Dirtmusic duo has now become a trio, with guitarists Hugo Race and Chris Eckman being joined by saz (lute)...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2018
Yebo! Rare Mzansi Party Beats from Apartheid's Dying Years
Mzansi is a Xhosa word meaning south and in the 1980s became shorthand slang in the townships for South Africa...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Tchopo
Kate Griffin, UK banjo player, and Matchume Zango, a multi-instrumentalist from Mozambique, met online in 2020 during a Making Tracks...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: September/2024
Tuff Times Never Last
Seven-piece collective Kokoroko are one of a clutch of UK acts that channel the righteous grooves of Afrobeat into their...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: September/2025
The Complete Island Recordings
Ask musicians from all corners of the globe to name a hero or inspirational figure, and it's a fair bet...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
