Reggae has long played a pivotal role in Pacific music, but unlike its Jamaican roots counterpart, the more derivative Oceanic...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022
Stanley Brinks & the Old-Time Kaniks
Indie-folk is often terrible: a ham-fisted, middle-of-the-road mush of xylophones and ukuleles that is unashamedly twee and contrivedly cute. Thankfully,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2017
This is meditative music, created by a group of Japanese and Japan-based musicians playing Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean and Mongolian...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2024
Folk music speaks to the tradition of a place, and carries a deeply personal expression. Norwegian violinist Hannisdal is schooled...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: February/March/2026
To say that Emmanuel Jal has had a chequered career would be an understatement. A child solider in Sudan, he...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2020
Just how much juice is there left to squeeze from the salsa market? Tons, if the recent assembly line of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010
This is meditative music, created by a group of Japanese and Japan-based musicians playing Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Mongolian...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue:
Fifty years after his debut LP, Christ Moore's latest solo offering sees the Irish icon trawling though his live back...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2020
Taraf de Haidouks & Koçani Orkestar
Ten years ago Romania's super fast Gypsy fiddling stars Taraf de Haidouks teamed up with Macedonian brass band the Koçani...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
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