Reviews

This Is Zologo Beat

VARIOUS ARTISTS

From the home of kologo music in Ghana's Upper East Region, comes a new dance compilation innovated by one of...

Reviewed by Kirsty Osei-Bempong in issue: June/2023

Folkocracy

Rufus Wainwright

Son of folk-singers Loudon Wainwright and the late Kate McGarrigle, young Rufus can claim descent from ‘folkocracy’, although since his...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2023

Néktar

Ava Rocha

Ava Rocha may be the daughter of legendary New wave filmmaker Glauber Rocha, but she offers her own idiosyncratic take...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: November/2023

Rail Band

Rail Band

Of all the dance bands to come out of West Africa in the first, fertile flush of post-colonialism in the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2024

Choque Eletrostático

Natália Lebeis

Lebeis comes from a background in theatre production but uses this assured debut to show her abilities in sound, texture...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2024

Antologia, Vol 2

África Negra

Les Disques Bongo Joe and crate-digger DJ Tom B seem to be on a mission to bring wider attention to...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2024

Turnstone

Gigspanner Big Band

A turnstone is a wading bird that upends pebbles to feed on what it finds beneath. It’s a fitting title...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2025

Riparian

Eyvind Kang

A frequent collaborator of a diverse array of artists – including Laurie Anderson, Bill Frisell and Sunn O))) – New...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2025

Music From Somewhere Else: The Enclosure

Stuart Ironside

Currently based in Estonia, British guitarist and ethnomusicologist Stuart Ironside is a graduate of SOAS who blends his classical technique...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2026

Kongo

Les Tambours de Brazza

Since 1991 this group from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo has been developing its folkloric drum and dance act...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2018