Reviews
African Pearls: Senegal – Echo Musical
This collection of largely unknown tracks from Senegambia in the 1970s offers some unexpected musical treats, showcasing as it does...
Reviewed by Jenny Cathcart in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Pete Seeger in England
For most of the 1950s, Pete Seeger was unable to travel outside the US due to the persecution of senator...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2016
Freedom Cry:Condemned Choirs
More than 550 men and women sit on death row in Uganda's prisons, condemned for crimes that include not only...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
10 Anos nas Asas do Fado
When you think about it, ten years isn’t that long. But it’s been arguably enough time for Kátia Guerreiro to...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Our Garden Needs its Flowers
A very welcome reissue of an oddity from the Ivory Coast that was a huge regional hit when issued in...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2018
Canciones en Blanco y Negro
For those who have chosen to train their soul in such a way, folklore in Argentina is ever-present. Whether in...
Reviewed by Juan José Relmucao in issue: December/2024
Acqua Marina
Led by multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane, Beirut-based trio Prefaces’ music transplants surf rock from its traditional Californian heartland to the coasts...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: October/2025
Y Su Descarga Internacional
US producer Bosq has been making tropical bass since the early 2010s, regularly working with musicians from Africa and the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/2021
Do Amor e dos Dias
Camané's latest album, Of Love and Days, is unlikely to be the easiest of listening for newcomers to fado but...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2011
