Reviews

Yasus Afari rose to fame as the poet who extended the boundaries of dub poetry by incorporating dancehall.

For 'Re-Cooked Sessions' Terrakota revisited the material they recorded for 'World Massala', resulting in a number of remixes that, where the first five tracks of the album are concerned, have a bit of a reggae vibe doused in Indian sounds.

Introducing Mokoomba, six young musicians from Zimbabwe and winners of the Music Crossroads International Festival in 2008.

Two years after his self-titled debut album, Romain Virgo returns with 'The System'.

After earlier collaborations with, among others, Perfect, Sojah (Konshens and Delus) and Luciano, this time Austrian Irievibrations Records joined forces with Anthony B.

Some thirty years after his sudden death in 1984 and on the occasion of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the release of 'Rasta Communication' - generally regarded as singer/musician/producer Keith Hudson's masterpiece - the Greensleeves label signs for a deluxe reissue of the album.

It's been close to ten years since Manu Chao gave the career of Amadou & Mariam a serious boost producing 'Un Dimanche A Bamako'.

Most reggae lovers will know Winston Reedy as the voice behind lovers rock classics like 'Daughter Of Zion' or 'Dim The Light', but before he embarked on a solo career Reedy was the voice of UK roots band The Cimarons.

Yours truly hasn't been following the career of Guinean griot Mory Kante all that closely and even though we can now appreciate his world hit 'Yeke Yeke', at the time it sounded far too commercial.

In interviews, klezmer musicians are often asked about the link between Jewish music and the Gypsy traditions of the Romani.