Erykah Badu did it. So did Brian Eno, Questlove, Ginger Baker and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The latest celebrity to curate...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/February/2024
Manu Chao seems to have become for the 21st century what Bob Marley was to the late 20th century in...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
According to Critter Fuqua, the band's splendidly named slide guitarist and banjo player, Old Crow Medicine Show ‘grew up playing...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2014
Ahmed Dickinson & The Santiago Quartet
A government-owned bar named Yellow Submarine has recently opened in Havana. Its Beatles-themed interior – porthole windows, blue-and-yellow interior, Beatles...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Don't be put off by the contrived photo on the cover of this eclectic double CD: much love has gone...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
There's quite a gap between Traveller's Prayer, released in 1998, and this latest album, which Renbourn describes as ‘a departure...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
The latest Caribbean music World Music Network compilation sets out to demonstrate the connections and parallels between island styles while...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2012
Phis new compilation of UK bands is the latest in a long line of localised Gypsy or Balkan scenes sprouting...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: October/2010
The Red Earth Collective featuring Soothsayers Horns
Spinning the latest release from Red Earth Records is like embarking upon a dub-wise merry-go-round; Red Earth Dub bubbles and...
Reviewed by Lucy Wilson in issue: March/2010
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