Reviews
Son Con Guaguancó
To mark the centennial of Cuban legend Celia Cruz’ birth, Craft Latino is reissuing a series of classic recordings. Opening...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2025
Puerta del Sur
American salsa this good traditionally hails from New York, courtesy of the Fania label. But Bio Ritmo's 11th album to...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Where the Gods are in Peace
Brooklyn's Antibalas have been releasing Afrobeat records for nearly two decades and their latest effort is an exemplary demonstration of...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2017
Tatar Album
Karolina Cicha is one of Poland's most accomplished and interesting vocalists, not least for the choice of music she performs....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2017
Ilana: The Creator
Saharan rock fans have good reason to be excited by this new release. From the raw and punchy opening number...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: May/2019
It Wasn’t Hard to Love You
Is this the last album we will hear from Fanfare Ciocarlia? The world’s foremost Balkan brass band are not retiring...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2021
Yeshi Dolma
Tenzin Choegyal, Katherine Philp & Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra
Yeshi Dolma is the culmination of ten years of collaboration between Tenzin Choegyal from Tibet and Australian Katherine Philp. They...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: June/2022
The Fox
Best known as the guitarist and fiddler from Balkan mayhem merchants Sheelanagig, this intimate acoustic duo setting allows Kit Hawes...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2016
La Vendange
La Très Illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir
This weird and wonderful project is the brainchild of three Dutch musicians – Marijn de Valk, Rik Bosch and Daan...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014
Hurry the Jug
Leonard Barry, Declan Folan & Shane McGowan
Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan's long comradeship in countless live sessions pays crisp, spryly accented dividends aplenty in...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2020
