Reviews
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cumbia
The ever-growing thirst for Peruvian cumbia (sometimes known as chicha) is showing no signs of being satiated. What started in...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2015
Magia Negra: The Beginning
For her latest offering, the octogenarian diva and former Buena Vista Social Club singer has revisited the first LP she...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2015
Norcabo
From Cape Verde, Ary Morais presents Norcabo, a portrait of his present life in Norway, showcasing the sounds of his...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Balkan Dogs
The mascot of this eclectic German band is a perky-eared Chihuahua but, as their song titles suggest, there's more than...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Canty
Joanne McIver & Christophe Saunière
Canty is Joanne McIver & Christophe Saunière's seventh album. McIver sings and plays flute, whistles and Scottish smallpipes. Saunière plays...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2019
Will You?
Shujaat Husain Khan, Kevin Hays, Katayoun Goudarzi, Tim Ries & Dibyarka Chatterjee
Perhaps there is something about the texts of the great Persian-language poet Rumi that chime with the times we are...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2017
World of Pixinguinha
Hamilton de Holanda is a fantastically accomplished musician. As a player of the bandolin (15-stringed lute) there are probably none...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2015
Musica Fina
A six-piece UK- based fusion band, Fernando’s Kitchen grew out of a meeting on London’s South Bank between two buskers:...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2014
Janna Aana
There have been enough qawwali- electronica fusions they could almost be their own sub-genre. The point of encounter seems to...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: November/2020
Moytou
UK-based Senegalese dancer-turned-singer Batch Gueye had a very promising first album, Ndiarigne, back in 2014, and has been a key...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021
