Reviews
Para la Espera
A folk superstar in Latin America, Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez I embodies a fast-ageing fantasy of left-leaning pan-continental unity spearheaded...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020
Songs of Hard Times: Up, Over and Through
Smart work from the good folk who run the Alan Lomax Archives – from a catalogue of sound recordings spanning...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
La Estrella
Argentina's Chancha Vía Circuito transitioned from being a pioneer of digital cumbia in all its raw, urban, bone-shaking glory to...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022
Divinities of the Earth and the Waters
Impish laughter, ethereal percussion and a lone flute open this pan-Slavic album, described – unusually – as the narrative to...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2018
Trouble Fête
A collaboration between Belgian/African rapper Badi and producer Boddhi Satva, this politically charged record is for the disenchanted optimist. Composed...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2021
The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at the Shakh
Recorded live in the Shakh Synagogue in Holešov, Czech Republic, The Wolf and the Lamb is a klezmer album that...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2023
Finishing
Best known for his vocal, kora and balafon work with the glorious Afro Celt Sound System, N’Faly Kouyaté now shows...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2025
Ethiobraz
The traditional Ethiopian musicians of Addis Ababa's Fendika Azmari Bet have joined forces with Paal Nilssen-Love's pan-Scandinavian group Large Unit...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
Po Drum Mome/A Girl on the Road
London-based Bulgarian singer Eugenia Georgieva presents an exploration of Bulgarian song with this album, having already established herself as a...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2018
A Tiempo Real
Poetry ripples through this album of traditional Spanish songs from Toledo-based ensemble Vigüela. It's in the song titles – ‘The...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018
