Review Corner

Category: World

  • Kasse Mady Diabaté: Kirike

    We’ve been enjoying this album from the Mali musician, which goes back to the roots of his music, which we’d guess is religious or at least mystical. Tinariwen are also from Mali, and for comparison, this is like an acoustic version of them. Like much of this kind of music, the songs here lay down…

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    Keziah Jones Captain Rugged and Manu Chao Clandestino

    We’ve spent all week playing these two excellent albums, both of which would fall into the genre of “world”, though we’re getting increasingly tired of typing that to describe music that’s just not USA-influenced RnB or pop. Keziah Jones’s album is a quality prog / funk / pop / reggae album that just happens to…

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    Manu Chao – Sibérie M’était Contée

    You can’t beat a bit of world music, says the Review Corner (ignoring the fact the Daniel O’Donnell lives in the world and makes music), so when this dropped just before Christmas, we registered high on the delight scale. José-Manuel Thomas Arthur “Manu” Chao sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic, and Portuguese, and…

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    Parov Stelar – The Art of Sampling

    We’ve never heard of Mr Stelar (his mum, Mrs Furender, knows him as Marcus) but he sounds like the European equivalent of Mr Scruff. This is his ninth solo set since 2004. It’s a decent dance/pop album with lots of danceable tunes on it, without going too far into any one genre. Disc one is…