Reviews
Nos Habet Caramel
Cairo-based DJ, producer and multidisciplinary artist Fajr Soliman mixes electro-pop and mahraganat (a blend of Egyptian folk and shaabi music,...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2023
Talkie Talkie
London-based instrumental four-piece Los Bitchos draw their heritage and all-female members from the UK, Sweden, Uruguay, Australia and Turkey, and...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2024
A Fiestar
Andy Gola & Colé Colé Orquesta
With a horn section like Earth Wind & Fire on amphetamines, furious percussion, a wailing guitar and potent vocals, the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2025
Aylar
In the last few years, a plethora of young bands have arisen with a mission to valorise and recreate the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2025
Lisané Bahir
Lisané Bahir, the fourth offering from LA-based Ethiopian keys player Kibrom Birhane is an otherworldly set deftly combining tradition with...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: January/2026
Filin
Celebrated Chilean-born saxophonist and Blue Note Records torchbearer Melissa Aldana delves into her love of the Cuban filin musical style...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: April/2026
De Repente
Virgilio Armas Trio | Virgilio Armas y Su Grupo
Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies have unearthed a pair of rare Latin jazz albums by a Venezuelan pianist, part...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2022
Telyn Wrachïod
Rhodri Davies | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
We all need to escape from time to time, physically, mentally, spiritually. Listening to Rhodri Davies’ latest and eighth album...
Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: August/2024
The Beginners Guide to Timba
Not one, not two but three CDs destined to send lovers of timba – that hard-edged derivative of Cuban salsa...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2011
