Reviews
Vento do Mar
This soulful album has the seamless feel of a longtime collaboration, rather than the debut production that it is. Portuguese...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: December/2024
Nijerusalem
Like the Vangelis of West Africa, Mamman Sani began recording his electronic keyboard music in the late 1970s and is...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2024
Sé Nam
The party never stops on Sé Nam, an album designed to sweat to. While there's an edge to tracks like...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: September/2025
The Ballad of the Gatekeeper
English folk music, in finding its commercial feet over the past decade or so, has become easier on the ear,...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: September/2025
Himno Vertical
Rocío Márquez is an established singer, experimentalist and PhD graduate intent on refracting flamenco through a 21st-century lens. Steeped in...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2025
Sargal
Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko & Volker Goetze
In 2023, the New York-based trumpeter/producer Volker Goetze and Senegalese kora master Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko teamed up with flamenco...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
Orbits
In their debut release Spirit, Auckland-based collective The Circling Sun deftly explored ensemble jazz with an appealing retro feel. Their...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: September/2025
Trigger
From the first few bars of the opening track on the debut album by the Israeli keyboardist Sharon Masur, you...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2025
Kagaza
During the early 2000s, a bunch of artists and producers in Pretoria including DJ Mujava and DJ Spoko developed an...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
Our Boys Are Doing It
Dennis Mpale (feat Kippie Moketsi)
First issued locally in 1977, Our Boys Are Doing It was trumpeter Dennis Mpale’s first solo album, although by then...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025
