Reviews
Candela
Following on from his breakthrough A La Mar, Vicente García shows real pop craft in ploughing the furrows of his...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2019
Doomsday Survival Kit
Don't be fooled by the short tracklisting on Lebanese duo Praed's fourth album. The four tracks near an hour of...
Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: December/2019
Strange Suite
Guitarist Ateshkhan Yuseinov's new album truly is a Strange Suite; its carefully ordered tracks lead listeners down a path of...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: December/2019
Loosening the Strings
When I saw Ethiopian singer and krar (lyre) player Haymanot Tesfa perform at SOAS last year, it was very disappointing....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2019
Hanggai Big Band Brass 2019
Hanggai have been performing interpretations of traditional music from both Inner Mongolia in China (where they hail from) and the...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2019
Kosmopolítēs
How global do you like to take your grooves? Mexican DJ Danochilango and Colombian singer and musician Mambe style themselves...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2019
Obiaa!
Pat Tomas & Kwashibu Area Band
This is the second release from veteran Ghanaian highlife singer Pat Tomas in his latest incarnation as leader of the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2019
Afrotropism
Although Danish seven-piece The Kutimangoes originally aimed for the crossroads between Afrobeat and jazz, further musical adventures have edged their...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2019
Amadran
After becoming familiar with Bassekou Kouyaté's thrilling electrified ngoni, it's fascinating to hear an album of solo, acoustic ngoni playing,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2019
