Reviews
Dub of Thrones
If you’re not into dub, this is an album that would never feature on your radar, so criticisms such as...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2015
Kardajala Kirridarra
This fine debut comes from a new vocal quartet featuring three Aboriginal women from the Northern Territory outback communities of...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018
African Harmonies
African ground hornbills don’t sing, but they do emit calls that can apparently be heard from a distance of about...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: December/2015
Cavaquinho Cantado
The cavaquinho is an ancestor of the ukulele and has a long-standing tradition in Portuguese music, particularly in the northern...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Wayo
On the opening title-track of Benjamin's third album, the guitar riffs explode like Led Zeppelin and the drums detonate like...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Souleymane
Debademba consists of singer Mohamed Diaby, who comes from a Malian griot family and was raised in Abidjan in the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Noró (Algunhas Músicas do Norte)
Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre
Xabier Díaz is a restless and eternally curious researcher of Galicia's traditional music. Famous for his work with groups Berrogüetto...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2019
1973-1980
Born in Guinea-Conakry, singer and percussionist Amara Touré wandered peripatetically across West African music for 20 or so years –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Ninalik Arirak
The very existence of the Lani Singers, the husband-and-wife team of Benny and Maria Wenda, is a small miracle. They...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
