Reviews
An Introduction to John Tams
The seventh in Topic's Introducing series, this a welcome survey of John Tams' solo work alongside two prime cuts from...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia
Few countries’ musical heritage has been pilfered so thoroughly as has Ethiopia’s in recent years. Rarely a month goes by...
Reviewed by John Howarth in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Abrazo Abierto
This London-based octet, led by violinist Caroline Pearsall, play for TV shows, dance events and workshops. Unsurprisingly perhaps, the group...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2022
Griais
Named after her home village on Lewis in the Western Isles, Griais is Mackenzie’s first solo album. It’s a bright...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Cigala & Tango
Tango and flamenco have elemental, thematic, tonal and rhythmic differences due to their entirely separate, and exceptional, cultural histories. On...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Slow Music
On this album of gentle dinner jazz crooning, Joyce gathers together a selection of session musician stalwarts who include many...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2011
The Rough Guide To Music Without Frontiers
The compilation market is over-crowded; genuinely valid albums offering anything new are so rare that it is hard to suppress...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Zoom
Rachid Taha's first album in four years is not quite in the same bracket as Muhammad Ali's retrieval of the...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2013
Carretero
Cándido Fabré has proved himself time and again to be one of Cuba's best living soneros. He first attracted...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Yeketelale
From Dub Colossus through to the Imperial Tiger Orchestra, British and European bands have understandably been fascinated by Ethiopian music...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2019
