Reviews
Almas Rebeldes
Sudaka is a racial slur for ‘South American,’ used as often ironically as pejoratively. With this album of upbeat, cumbia-influenced...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Disques Debs International: An Island Story - Biguine, Afro Latin & Musique Antillaise 1960-1972
A first release from the vaults of the label Disques, this French Caribbean selection encapsulates the riveting cross-pollination of island...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Aïta: Chikhates & Chioukhs of the Aïta
One day they'll build a statue to honour Brahim El Mazned. The discreet producer has forged a 30-year career devoted...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Ođđa áigodat
Solju is the name of a new project from the Finnish Sámi joiker Ulla Pirttijärvi and her daughter, Hilda Länsman....
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Lalehzar
Javid Afsari Rad was the virtuoso santur player of the renowned group Zarbang and, while this is essentially a solo...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Djarimirri: Child of the Rainbow
The 2017 death of Aboriginal musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu at the age of 46 was a loss felt not only...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Llinyn Arian
The Jenkins family are heavyweights of the Welsh folk scene, and this partnership is akin to the mother and daughter...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
66-76
When Masekela arrived in New York in the early 1960s, his fellow trumpeter Miles Davis took the exile to one...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Seven Sisters
The Mediterranean Sea occupies a unique place geographically, historically and culturally. Currently it is an arena for some of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Que Bom
Jazz and Brazilian music flirting shamelessly is old news. It does not take a wild imagination to connect the dots...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
