Reviews
100% Dynamite
Subtitled Ska, Soul, Rocksteady & Funk in Jamaica, this pioneering compilation was a hit when first released almost 20 years...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
Renascence
Given her status as the queen of the Mande griots, it comes as a shock to realise that this is...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
Weight of the World
There's a lot to like about this adventurous duet album by Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer. The former is a...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
La Grande Dame de la Chanson Creole
The French chanson tradition has shone a spotlight on many great singers through the years, singers as varied as the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
Racines
The Ivory Coast reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly continues his penchant for melding Jamaican and West African styles, going a...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
Finding Anyplace
There are quite a few groups currently out there whose music has one foot in the chamber ensemble and one...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
Latin DNA
It's hard to dislike Dorancé Lorza & Sexteto Café as this is passionate and earnest music with a true love...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
Ubuntu: The Common String
In 1979 Dizu Plaatjies created the South African percussion ensemble Amampondo in Cape Town. Initially they were a street-busking group...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
The YoYouMeTú Trilogy: Vol 1 & 2
Never judge a book by its cover. And here's the proof: behind the clumsy Photoshop artwork and liner notes there...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
La Légende de Dakar
One thing that can never be faked or replicated is the easy, yet super-tight swing of a band that has...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016
