Reviews
Power Punch!!!
An apt title indeed! Owiny Sigoma Band have aimed high and stolen the electronic Afro-roots crown. Their music has become...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2013
Dabke: Sounds of the Syrian Houran
One suspects there isn’t a lot of dancing going on in Syria just now. But anyone who, in happier times,...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2013
The Sahara Sessions
As the list of African acts, from Rokia Traoré to Bombino, seeking an indie rock‘n’roll makeover grows ever longer, Etran...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
No Place for My Dream
The ninth album by Femi Kuti, son of the legendary Fela, sees him retain his crown as the true messenger...
Reviewed by Peter Adjaye in issue: July/2013
Isle of Magic
Who are Mop Mop? It appears they are a multi-instrumental Italian seven-piece who have a passion for African diaspora music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Originally formed back in 2003, as a quasi-attempt to set a new world record for the most horn musicians playing...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013
Beyond Destruction
This album has an impressive cast list. To name but three: Iraqi vocalist, and composer Aida Nadeem, Tunisian oud player...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2013
The Cook, the Clown, the Monk & the Accordionist
London-based Italian musician Maurizio Minardi ventures here into the porous terrain that lies somewhere between folk, classical, jazz and improvisation....
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2013
Holts and Hovers
Three Cane Whale comprise Spiro member Alex Vann, Get The Blessing’s trumpeter Pete Judge and guitarist Paul Bradley of the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
African Griot Groove
If you travel around the villages of West Africa, you will hear music played with a raw and earthy vigour;...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
