Reviews
Tangaria
French accordionist Richard Galliano knocks out an album or two every year and tours widely as a sort of ambassador...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2010
Hearth
Multiinstrumentalist Mairearad Green’s latest album is inspired by the women and landscapes of Coigach, a peninsula in Wester Ross in...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2020
Let Love Rule
Listening to veteran Aboriginal singer-songwriter Archie Roach's tenth album is a tender and touching experience. The title-track opens with the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017
Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983
Admirers of 70s African music are living in high-cotton times, thanks to admirably dogged labels like Soundway and Analog Africa....
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Hell Yeah!
This is some straight-up knee-slapping, line-dancing, hat-tippin’, hoedown-swinging, Bayou-swimmin’ stuff! If that's not your thing, you’re probably not going to...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Original
Bobby Osborne's latest album is an engaging compendium of tunes by some of Memphis' finest songwriters, from the 86-year-old high-lonesome...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2017
Odyssee: A Journey Into the Light
Since their conception in 1996, this German outfit has toured the globe, released a raft of albums and scooped countless...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2022
Guitars From Agadez Vol 3
When Tinariwen stormed the citadel of the mainstream music industry, a wave of guitar-toting Touaregs followed in their wake, picking...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: March/2012
Rise & Shine
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Following the acclaimed film documenting this group's journey from residents of a Guinean refugee camp to international touring band, Rise...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2010
