Reviews
World Affairs
Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2018
Mes Racines
The son of Slah Mosbah, a celebrated singer among Tunisia's marginalised black community from the southern desert lands on the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018
Bondeko
Back in 2004, Cameroonian multi-instrumentalist Richard Bona, Congolese griot Lokua Kanza and the French-Caribbean musical adventurer Gerald Toto convened to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018
Of the People
Audacious, in-yer-face eclecticism characterises this debut album from the Manchester quintet. Having changed their name from the questionable Project Jam...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018
Lao Dreaming
This debut album from Melbourne-based musician Peet Wonderfeel is described as organic electronica, taking inspiration from the natural world and...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: April/2018
Dos Medinas Blancas
The two white medinas of this album's title are Zaragoza and Fes, the home towns of established singer-songwriter Carmen Paris...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: April/2018
ImmiGrand Deluxe
Montréal is a chilly place for five months a year but Wesli, a singer born and raised in Haiti, is...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Black Man's Pride
Gathering 18 Studio One recordings from across the 1970s that focus loosely on the black experience, this album finds Alton...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Salvavidas de Hielo
Is it possible that Drexler has found the perfect way of describing his music with the title of his latest...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2018
Oliveiras
One should always try to forget any preconceptions when approaching a fado singer from abroad, with no real reputation or...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2018
