Reviews
Fela Box Set 6: Curated by Idris Elba
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
Everyday Salama
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
Remedy
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
Latin Perspective
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
The Peasant Girl
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
Palermo Snow
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
Rough Guide to Caribbean Cafe
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
Balkan Fever London – Mind the Brass
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
Red Earth Dub
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
