Reviews
Music is Our Business
Not many names from the golden age of dancehall in the 80s seem worthy of a Best Of. The obvious...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2019
One Morning in Gurgaon
Guy Buttery, Mohd Amjad Khan & Mudassir Khan
When the South African guitarist Guy Buttery embarked on a tour of India in 2019 as part of a trio...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2021
One With the Beloved
Oh dear. On paper, Shervin Boloorian ticks the right boxes. He's a refugee from Iran, raised in the UK, with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Meuseucca Servadze
From Piedmont Teres Aoutes (Piedmont Highlands) comes this fresh force in Italian folk music. Made up of singer and mandolinist...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: April/2023
Free West Papua: Rize of the Morning Star Vol 2
Like its 2013 predecessor, this compilation features artists from the Pacific and other countries, banding together in musical solidarity with...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2016
Z is for Zykopops
This sounds like a half-baked student project that shouldn’t have gone beyond the confines of Zagreb University. It’s a shame,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Pìob Is Fidheall
When you have renowned piper Iain MacDonald stating an album is ‘as good as it gets’ then you know you...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Fire Over Babylon: Dread, Peace and Conscious Sounds at Studio One
Studio One was known as the Jamaican Motown because countless artists emerged from its training ground, including Bob Marley and...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
One Blinding Dusky Dusk
Born out of a meeting of musical minds in an East London pub, this debut album is straight from the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2014
Everything is Broke
Muito Kaballa is a multiinstrumentalist, working in Cologne. This debut album features a spread of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, flute,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2019
