Reviews
Diaspora Kid
The Los Angeles music scene, famed for its slick studio bands and hit factories, has a reputation for perfection rather...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2020
Cape Verde: An Archipelago of Music
The Ocora label specialises in field recordings of music from around the world. This release is a double CD of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2020
The Woods
The Woods marks the third instalment of acclaimed musician and composer Hamish Napier's ode to his native Scottish Highlands. Following...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2020
Port de Taipana
This second studio album from the Belgian duo of Florian De Schepper and Anouk Sanczuk has a sense of joyous...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2020
25 Trips
Sierra Hull's voice is as sparkling clear as a glacial stream tinged with just the right shad of Tennessee twang....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2020
Rey de Mi Folclor Vallenato y Cumbia Colombiana
Ever since Carlos Vives turned to the style in the early 90s, vallenato reinstated itself as one of Colombia's most-cherished...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2020
Miss Colombia
Lido Pimienta calls her third album ‘a cynical love letter’ to her home country and the Colombian people. Based in...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2020
Mirador
The English-language tracks of this album are fine, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by any fans of Po'Girl or First...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2020
Live in Lesotho
In December 1980 the African businessman Victor Maloi arranged a concert for Masekela and Miriam Makeba in Lesotho, a country...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
God is a Drummer
‘Without the drummer, nothing will move. And without movement, the world will stop,’ says Trilok Gurtu, explaining the title of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
