Reviews
Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador
At first glance, the list of artists for this compilation appear too disparate to result in anything coherent: there’s Dobet...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/2021
Petrichor
Accordionist Paul Hutchinson, of Belshazzar’s Feast and The Pagoda Project, is a well-known and highly-regarded figure on the folk scene,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2021
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
Electricity
Four albums in, and Ibibio Sound Machine are showing no signs of slowing down. Bursting with purpose, Electricity offers hope...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: May/2022
Havana Night Sessions at Abdala Studios
Of all the mash-ups in all the world, this Romani-Cuban musical summit had to happen one day. And it was...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2017
The Rough Guide to African Guitar Legends
After a recent spate of successes in the Indian department (the revisited Rough Guides to Bhangra, Bollywood and Music of...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: June/2011
Nagori
For their fifth full album, the four ‘sons of a Gypsy French poodle’ (as their name translates, roughly) have expanded...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2022
Immortal Tradition
We’re only ever a step or two away from the mosh pit as Finnish five-piece Ritva Nero joyfully reveal in...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2022
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
