Reviews
Towards Other Worlds
Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra formed in late 2007 at a series of late night Afrobeat sessions at a Leeds-based jazz venue...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013
Afrotropism
Although Danish seven-piece The Kutimangoes originally aimed for the crossroads between Afrobeat and jazz, further musical adventures have edged their...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2019
Singles As Bs & 12 Inches
Osibisa were brave pioneers – a band of Ghanian, Nigerian and Caribbean musicians who came together in London at the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2015
Utopia and Wasteland
No prizes for guessing to where the ‘utopia and wasteland’ of the title refers. It comes as no surprise that...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2018
Cultura Impura
Bands from the Minas Gerais, such as Ctnexão Tribal African Beat, have been offering choice meetings of Afro-beat and Brazilian...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Shall We Hope
Just when you think the cultural lodestone of America's Civil War has given up every drop of blood it could...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021
Original
Bobby Osborne's latest album is an engaging compendium of tunes by some of Memphis' finest songwriters, from the 86-year-old high-lonesome...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2017
Morose
Polished musicianship and cosy camp-fire gatherings don’t necessarily go hand in hand. Yet the sophisticated arrangements on this album take...
Reviewed by Wendy Scott in issue: July/2018
Manga
Back in 2013, when Cape Verdean singer Mayra Andrade released her fourth album, Lovely Difficult, it was already obvious pop...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2019
