Reviews
Super Disco Pirata
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Twenty-three sometimes bizarre, but often glorious cuts of mainly Colombian cumbia, assembled from pirated bootleg records, from the period 1965-80,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2025
In the Real World
Son of singer, actor and civil rights activist Leon Bibb, Eric Bibb carries forward his father’s legacy in all the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/2025
İstanbul’u Dinliyorum
London-based trio ZELT bear more than a passing stylistic resemblance to Istanbul’s Lalalar, crafting tunes with a strong Turkish and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/2025
Klezmer, Niguns & Co
Clarinettist Nano Peylet and pianist Denis Cuniot formed their duo in 1983 in their native France and have been playing...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: January/2025
Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain
FLEE Project are known for their work in presenting traditional musics raw, and then calling on contemporary musicians to recontextualise...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: January/2025
It All Came Round Again
Subtitled ‘On Stage and On Air 1982-90’, this is an extensive and intriguing history of what was a decidedly tricky...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: January/2025
Ventre Unique
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp
Ventre Unique, the sixth album by Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, merges folk, krautrock, post-punk and African rhythms to create...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2025
Mmabatho
Singer, songwriter and producer Tomeletso Sereetsi is something of a hero in his homeland as an exponent of the unique...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2025
I’m Glad About It: The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville, 1958-1981
According to contributing singer Bessie Leavell Palmer, ‘gospel music is written out of the depths of somebody’s soul.’ Well, this...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2025
