Reviews
Tondini plays Mostar Sevdah Reunion Disko 088
Tondini & Mostar Sevdah Reunion
In 2024, Mostar Sevdah Reunion marked the band’s 25th anniversary with Bosa Mara. While the line-up of musicians has changed...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2025
40girls / Kita Koun Kan
Ya Tosiba / Sabou-Gnouman De Kita
Purplish Records like to release music as pairs or batches on cassette. Batch #6 consists of albums by Ya Tosiba...
Reviewed by Rosie Esther Solomon in issue: October/2025
The Channel
South East London fusionists Monzanto Sound occupy a space between contemporary jazz, funk, electronica and African diasporic influences. Many bands...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: October/2025
Subtropical
If we require genres, perhaps ‘heavy-dub-espionage-movie-theme cumbia’ will suffice for this latest work from Emanuele Flandoli and his new five-piece...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2025
Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros
After a long tenure in the horn section of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and working with the likes of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2025
Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950–1965
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
This is a truly extraordinary album, a captivating chronicle of the glorious, rousing and defiant music that was created during...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2025
Acqua Marina
Led by multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane, Beirut-based trio Prefaces’ music transplants surf rock from its traditional Californian heartland to the coasts...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: October/2025
El Pela Vacas
Known as ‘El Rey del Corrido’ (King of Corridos), Sánchez worked as a ‘coyote’, smuggling drugs and undocumented immigrants into...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Original Broadway Cast Recording
World Circuit protected the integrity of its multi-million selling brand of Cuban nostalgia vigorously, refusing large sums to license Buena...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
