Reviews

Take It

Black Roots

Bristol reggae band Black Roots have offered a powerful social commentary for 40 years – spreading a message of love,...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: December/2018

Iníon

Inni-K

This album of nine beautifully arranged sean nós songs from the Dublin-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Inni-K (Eithne Ní Chatháin)...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2022

Khalik Hena

Warda

There is surely no sound more richly redolent of 20th-century Arabic music than the great, swooning Egyptian orchestras that accompanied...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2022

Oumniya

Souad Massi

Souad Massi's career has followed an uneven path since her 2001 debut album, Raoui, earned her a nomination for Best...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

E-and’a

Darol Anger

At the risk of sounding like a reverse snob, it seems to be a rule of thumb now that if...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2014

Happ

Fribo

The innovative Scottish/Scandinavian/English band is happy to admit to being in something of a period of transition, Fribo sound in...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Madremonte

Jaguar

Madremonte is the debut album from the Europe-based Colombian duo, Jaguar. The title of the album makes reference to an...

Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: December/2021

Haivka

Yurodny

Yurodny are an experimental music ensemble based in Ireland, with an interest in reconfiguring and reimagining the music of other...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

El Boom Boom

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Now here’s a turn up for the books. The indefatigable Tumi Records of Bath has stumbled across a compilation containing...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010

Super Son

Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo

Despite the name of Cuban trombonist Torres’ band (‘Something New’), 50 years later these 1977 cuts can’t help but sound...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: September/2024