Reviews
Onye Rie Ibe Ya Erie
Oriental Brothers International Band
Formed in Eastern Nigeria as an Igbo highlife band shortly after the Nigerian-Biafran War, the Oriental Brothers have undergone numerous...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: February/March/2025
Invented Folksongs
Anna Pidgorna is a Ukrainian-Canadian singer and composer, currently residing in Vancouver. Despite this album’s title, her works possess a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: February/March/2026
Harpedåm
Tone Hulbækmo holds a unique place in Norwegian music. A singer and a devotee of Norway’s more unusual instruments, especially...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2025
Owelu Dreamhouse
Owelu Dreamhouse is a collaborative project masterminded by vocalist Nkechi Anele and multi-instrumentalist and arranger Nic Ryan-Glenie, both formerly of...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: April/2026
Flamenco
By embracing the Spanish folk song form copla and merging influences from pop, Diana Navarro joined a new wave of...
Reviewed by Russell Parton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Dedication
Palestine's first ever hip-hop group, DAM (meaning ‘It Lasted’ in Arabic) has finally reached Western shores with two of their...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: October/2017
Jaime & Nair
Arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Alem and his wife Nair de Cândia's 1979 touchstone ‘Passará’ remains perhaps one of the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2021
Blak & Blu
Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer Kutcha Edwards is a big man with a big voice. A Mutti Mutti man, whose traditional country...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013
Turmoil & Tinfoil
Something must be wrong with my ears. Every advance review of Turmoil & Tinfoil, the debut album by Nashville-based fourth-generation...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2017
