Reviews
Long Time… Seldom Scene
After four decades, The Seldom Scene is a band showing no signs of wavering enthusiasm or wandering from their chosen...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
North Cape
The name Nic Zuppardi may be unfamiliar but this master of the mandolin has, for over a decade, been part...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2023
Man No Die
Bola Johnson has been one of the finds in the recent plethora of re c ent Nigerian highlife/Afro-funk archive reissues....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Silk & Stone
Amira Medunjanin is one of the great voices of the Balkans. A decade ago her album Rosa was a fantastic...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015
Gnawa London
Best known in the UKasa musical collaborator, in particular with Gnawa-indie band Electric Jalaba, Simo Lagnawi springs a few surprises...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Maiden Voyage
So, 2021’s taste for the sea shanties may be starting to go as stale as a ship’s biscuit, but there...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2022
Quantic Presents Tropical Funk Experience
If you need some¬one to compile a co mpilation o f hen’s-teeth-rare funk grooves from 1 970s Latin America, there’s...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
Through a slightly distorted vocal, reminiscent of his early Smog albums, Callahan begins Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest with a...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: November/2019
Winston Riley – Quintessential Techniques
For the latest in their Reggae Anthology reissue series, VP have turned to the work of Winston Riley, founder of...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: March/2010
