Reviews
Cultura Impura
Bands from the Minas Gerais, such as Ctnexão Tribal African Beat, have been offering choice meetings of Afro-beat and Brazilian...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
No Visa Required
Lokkhi Terra is the recording name of Bangladeshi-Londoner Kishon Khan – a pianist who has played with the likes of...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Ommadawn
Examples of world music before it was called world music keep turning up in the most unlikely places, and here’s...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Listen to the Banned
You need to hear this record – as much for the quality of the music as for what it represents....
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Chamber Music
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
This hypnotic masterpiece from the French label No Format is another fine example of the label’s penchant for putting musicians...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Engurland (City Shanties)
Rowan Sawday, aka Dizraeli, is a Brighton based slam poet, rapper and folkish songwriter whose Engurland (City Shanties) mixes urban...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
23 Wheels of Dharma
This eclectic music embraces dub, jazz fusion, treated guitar, Tibetan chant, ambient-trance music, and the cool, mute tones of Nils...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Mekfoul District
The Toubab All Stars aren’t the only French outfit to fix their gazes on the Caribbean for inspiration. Both Massilia...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Rhythm and Rhyme
This lot are good. Really good. Having seen them wow Antipodean and British audiences with their compelling mix of samba,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
