Reviews
Womama
Hailing from Guinea, living in Paris and with spiritual roots in Mali and Gambia, Djeli Moussa Condé's experience is one...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2015
Quiero Creedence
The unlikely inspiration for this exuberant Latino tribute to the songs John Fogarty wrote for his band Creedence Clearwater Revival...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016
Se Quema el Mundo
LPT are a ten-piece Afro-Cuban band out of Jacksonville, Florida whose 2018 debut album, Sin Parar, won a clutch of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/February/2022
Africa Rekk
First, the good news. Youssou N’Dour is still in powerful, distinctive voice on his first studio album in over six...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2017
Nha Sentimento
If this was the first ever Cesaria Evora album I’d give it four or five stars. Even after a stroke...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Subhana
A selection of peak Libyan reggae grooves courtesy of Benghazi-born Ahmed Ben Ali, focusing on Ahmed's releases from the mid-2000s....
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023
Thank You for Bringing Me Back to the Sky
The Oldest Voice in the World (Azerbaijan)
The music we call global should thank the heavens, really, for the Grammy-winning producer and field recordist Ian Brennan, who...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2023
Scuru Cauru
Scuru Cauru, Crimi's second album, kicks off with the bubbling of a water pipe and a vague background ditty suggestive...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2023
