Reviews
Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador
With its musicality, playful melodies and wide mix of influences (samba, choro, pop and doo wop are all in the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013
Wedding Me Ware Wo
AJ Holmes & The Hackney Empire
A five-piece London crew with a taste for ponchos, fringes and clashing African textiles, AJ Holmes & The Hackney Empire...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2013
Ebo Taylor
A leading innovator, musician, arranger and early collaborator with Fela Kuti, CK Mann and Pat Thomas (to name but a...
Reviewed by Peter Adjaye in issue: Apr/May/2013
Lullabies
Who else but Jackie Oates could deliver such a fine set of lullabies as this? Over the course of her...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2013
Angelina
The Bulgarian Voices Angelite, one of the more successful splinter groups formed from the ashes of the once lavishly funded...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2013
Kabatronics
Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground
The irresistible draw here is Albania’s amazing brass band Fanfara Tirana, an 11-strong musical force of real magic. Transglobal Underground,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2013
Blak & Blu
Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer Kutcha Edwards is a big man with a big voice. A Mutti Mutti man, whose traditional country...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013
The Best of the Black President 2
This is consistently great music: a sublime mix of jazz, funk and a dreamy groove. Fela Kuti created a whole...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Apr/May/2013
