Reviews
Follow Your Bliss
This album sounds great. Recorded to tape on entirely old-school gear, it’s full of the saturated warmth that audiophile purists...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: March/2011
The Soul of the Congo – Treasures of the Ngoma Label (1948-1963)
In the last ten years, Belgian record label Planet Ilunga has been on a mission to share a remarkable treasure...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/February/2024
The Rough Guide to African Music for Children
As the grandfather of a one-year-old, with a second grandchild on the way, this reviewer has been eagerly searching for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
Without Words
A genial expert, Doug Cox wears his considerable fingerpicking and slide-guitar talents lightly. His lifelong love of the blues is...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2010
Senu Mi Venu Mi
Described as “Croatian traditional singing with modern musical sound” and “fresh interpretations of Croatian musical heritage”, this is an album...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2025
Live On Tour: Union Chapel November 2010
The Gift Band | Various Artists
There's not been, to my knowledge, a live album from Norma Waterson. So give a warm hand, please, for this...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012
All My Friends
A little more than a century after the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution secured American women the right to...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys
The idea was both unexpected and charming: plunder the rich store of mariners’ melodies, real and mock shanties and pirates’...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2013
Ji
This pairing between German ex-Embryo bassist Pollheide and Indian sitar player Imran Khan marks the culmination of seven years of...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: March/2022
$/He Who Feeds You…Owns You
In a terrific transition from the protest music of their last album, Tolika Mtoliki, The Brother Moves On's fourth record...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: December/2022
