Reviews

Ooroo

Sangit

Like an Israeli equivalent of Nitin Sawhney, the composer and multi-instrumentalist Sangit draws on global influences and a wide range...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023

Cumbias Internacionales

Tita Duval y El Nuevo Ritmo de Bobby Rey

This reissue from Vampisoul is a star-studded album, headed up by the Argentinian couple Roberto Rey and Tita Duval. Duval...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2019

Nsie Nsie

Y-Bayani & Baby Naa & The Band of Enlightenment, Reason & Love

Ghanaian singers Y-Bayani and Baby Naa give their spin on African roots reggae on Nsie Nsie. Fusing reggae grooves with...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: June/2020

Havana Cultura – The Search Continues

Gilles Peterson Presents….

We've been here before, sort of. Three years ago BBC DJ Gilles Peterson enlisted the help of his musician mate...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Color de Trópico

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The mining of South America's lost music archives continues apace, seemingly unimpeded by anything new and exciting. This vinyl, compiled...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2021

Maame

Cheikh Lô

When this reviewer rather recklessly gave up a well-paid staff job as a political correspondent at The Times some 30...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2025

Corazón

Santana

The Latin-rock hybrid Carlos Santana created in the late 60s was world music 20 years before the term became common...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2014

Studio 105

Mayra Andrade

Mayra Andrade has released just two albums:her spellbinding and multi award-winning 2006 debut Navega and its lusher 2010 follow-up Stória...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Brûle Lentement

Mama Rosin

Brûle Lentement begins with a slow burn, as Cyril Yeterain's accordion wheezes through ‘Ou est Passé EC Lenoir?’ with the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2010

2 Times Revolution

Alborosie

The Sicilian-born but Jamaican-based singjay and multi– instrumentalist Alberto ‘Alborosie’ D'Ascola first came to attention with a series of rootsy...

Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: October/2011