Reviews
Live and Raw
Raw indeed. And a lot of that rawness is courtesy of Dennis Wint, Invisible System's frontman, best described as a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
The Rough Guide to Celtic Music
On the plus side, this is a substantially more satisfying compilation than the now-deleted 2005 collection of the same name....
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2014
Live at TUSK 2019
Recorded at the eclectic TUSK Festival in Gateshead, this live set captures the last night of the first ever UK...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021
So Calypso!
After the triumph of 2016's Far From Home, which went platinum in France and won her the Artist of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2018
Tulum: A Sound from the Black Sea
The Black Sea region is like a different country compared to the rest of Turkey. It's misty, mountainous and cool,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Nothing Can Bring Back the Hour
Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker recently performed their new album in full in London, with a chamber ensemble and guests...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Timbuktu
During her first spell on World Circuit, Oumou Sangaré made some of the finest albums to come out of West...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
The Upstage Album
Oska Tee is a South African producer, composer and singer with a fine tenor voice, a thing for the club...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2019
Anthologie du Patrimoine Phonographique Breton 1925-1960
This is a tribute to a forgotten pioneer of the post-war rebirth of Breton music: Hermann Wolf, who made some...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: December/2017
Washabalal’ Umhlaba: Earth Song
Ladysmith Black Mambazo may have cornered the global market for male gospel singing from southern Africa, but we should not...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
