Reviews
Black Tenere
Anana Harouna is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Sahara with an intriguing history. He's a Touareg (he prefers the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2019
Kamélé Yeleen
Moussa Pantio Diabaté & Baragnouma
Moussa Pantio Diabaté is a balafon (xylophone) player from Burkina Faso. With the help of Arts Council funding he was...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2013
In the Kingdom of Dub
Prince Fatty Meets Nostalgia 77
Having paid his producer's dues from acid jazz groups through to Gregory Isaacs and the Sugarhill Gang, Mike Pelanconi's alter-ego...
Reviewed by Michael Brown in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Sul Filo
Iva Bittová has been pushing the boundaries of East European music for almost 30 years, her voice and violin (and...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2020
A Lifetime of Happiness
Worthy successor of a folk singing tradition rooted in Ireland, following in the footsteps of no less than Paul Brady...
Reviewed by Anne G-E in issue: May/2019
Desconstrução
No one's been doing a better job at bringing São Paulo, Brazil's never-ending megalopolis, to life in recent years than...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2017
Never Forget
Vocal trio The Young’uns demonstrated a flair for bringing both traditional and modern stories to life on their 2012 album...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2014
The Ladies at Joe Gibbs
The legendary producer Joe Gibbs produced a host of female singers, who provided him with some classic songs and ‘riddims’...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2013
Leave Your Sleep
The former 10,000 Maniacs singer signed to Nonesuch last year, and her first album in seven years is an ambitious,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Eva
An Algarve-born singer of Cape Verdean extraction and a founding member of the MTV award-winning group Nu Soul Family, Dino...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2014
