Reviews
Mames Babegenush
Apparently the Arabic name of the aubergine dish baba ghanoush translates as ‘Pampered Papa.’ Well I certainly felt like Mama's...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2015
The Deepest Lake
Four years since Cannibal Courtship, Dengue Fever's fifth studio album of original material is self-released under the banner of Tuk...
Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: March/2015
Best Medicine
This second release by The Stray Birds features the same combination of consummate musicianship, mellifluous harmony singing, refined taste, and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2015
Regard Sur Le Passé
Classica Orchestra Afrobeat feat Sékouba Bambino & Baba Sissoko
This CD brings together two Guinean master musicians and griots – vocalist Sékouba Bambino (lead singer of the legendary Bembeya...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2015
Sin Aperture
Well, this is a strange album. Sin Aperture is the debut from a London-based, self-declared ‘adventure musician’ named James Adams....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2015
Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978
You have to hand it to Frankfurt-based label Analog Africa. The fuel on which it runs is a passionate obsession...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2015
Gandadiko
Six solo albums and dozens of guest appearances over a 12-year career means Samba Touré is hardly a new kid...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2015
Seven Continents
You would be forgiven for feeling a little nonplussed by the title of this Danish trio's second album. The first...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2015
Amidst Fiery Skies
This is the second album from the Cambridge-based five-piece who blend Americana with English folk music. Here on Amidst Fiery...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2015
Banda Sonora: Música para Filmes
Apart from big hitters like Antonio Pinto, it's relatively rare to see music written for Brazilian cinema enjoying any kind...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2015
