Reviews
Vicennial: 20 Years of The Hot 8 Brass Band
The mighty Hot 8 Brass Band have been blowing the greasiest funk- and rap-influenced street brass sound for 20 years...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2015
Agua en la Boca
We tend to think of fado as an uncompromising, impassioned, dark-hued genre. María Berasarte was born in San Sebastian, sings...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014
Ceòl Mòr/Light & Shade
Ceòl Mòr, which translates as ‘Great Music,’ is the classical music of the highland bagpipe. This is an instrument of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Two Sevens Clash
It's rare for a group to write a record so powerful that it instilled an impending fear of apocalypse in...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Maputo Queens
This is the debut solo album from composer, arranger and producer Etienne de la Sayette. The Parisian is primarily known...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2016
Play at Night
Play at Night is a remarkable release that questions roots, routine and reality. Artist Devi Mambouka grew up in Gabon,...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2020
Striding Out
London-based fiddle and melodeon duo Martin Clarke and Will Allen pulled on their Brown Boots and recorded their debut, First...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2023
I Vine Speil (In the Mirror of Wine)
Mahsa Vahdat is one of the most courageous and enterprising of contemporary Iranian singers. Courageous bec ause despite restrictions on...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2011
Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984
Makossa united the tastes of a divided Cameroon, not least because it was a musical style that could bend around...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2017
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Crossover
A mainstay of the Australian indigenous music scene over the last 20 years, singer Emma Donovan grew up in a...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2021
