Reviews
Sanctuary
Sanctuary opens with ‘When Will We Find?’, a song that asks desperate and universal questions: when will we find love,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2016
Los Hijos de la Montaña
Following the success in 2016 of two collaborative albums – with novelty Smiths/Morrissey coverists Mexrissey and the more vital Tucson-based...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2017
Los Nostres Vices e Pecats
Els Berros de la Cort are the musical equivalent of a re-enactment group, performing material from the medieval Catalan and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2013
Almas Rebeldes
Sudaka is a racial slur for ‘South American,’ used as often ironically as pejoratively. With this album of upbeat, cumbia-influenced...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Tzenni
The latest ascending Saharan star comes not from Mali, as you might expect, but from Mauritania. Singer and griot Noura...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Exaltação
If you're the sort of person who likes to know what they're getting into ahead of time then this is...
Reviewed by Brian Taylor in issue: March/2019
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Samba
Yet another compilation of new Brazilian music, this time from self-confessed ‘hoary compiler’ John Armstrong, who concedes the psychedelic samba...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: November/2015
Spell Songs II: Let the Light In
You might just catch the diminutive cheep of the wren at the end of ‘St Kilda Wren’ – blink and...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: January/February/2022
Artemisia
Hailing from Burkina Faso, Art Melody is a farmer by day and rapper and singer by night, bringing a fresh...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: July/2023
Monsieur MÂLÂ
Monsieur MÂLÂ, a Parisian jazz fusion quintet, emerges from the shadows of supporting roles for musicians like Blick Bassy, Mayra...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2024
