Reviews
Shadows of Perception
Currently based in Australia, Aracan originally hail from Colombia. Guitarist and producer Carlos Arango previously played with a 15-piece cumbia...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2025
Vive L’Amour
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble are an unusual and intriguing project that started back in 2009 when Finnish guitarist Janne Halonen travelled to...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2025
Fisherman
If you were a music fan in Nairobi back in the 70s, you would almost certainly have spent time at...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
No Love in Lagos
Show Dem Camp, The Cavemen, Nsikak David
Two of Lagos’ most talented duos, The Cavemen and Show Dem Camp, speak to the dating scene in the nation’s...
Reviewed by Erin Cobby in issue: December/2024
Te-Kwaro Alango-Ekuku
It wasn’t until Nyege Nyege Tapes shared the fruits of their deep dive into the radio recordings of Langi griot...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: December/2024
Canhoto de Pé
Since his first recordings in 2009 Thiago França has covered a remarkable variety of genres, from the Afro-jazz-punk of MetaL...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2024
Still + Bright
Tennessee singer, guitarist, banjo player and songwriter Amythyst Kiah has come a long way from her early roots singing Appalachian...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2024
Arcs & Rivers
Joel Lyssarides & Georgios Prokopiou
I’ve encountered the bouzouki in a number of different contexts: rebetika, laïko, Irish traditional music and various eastern-Mediterranean crossover ensembles,...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2024
