Reviews
Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes
Traditional themes of family, community and social justice dominate the debut album by Sam Gleaves and Tyler Hughes, two young...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2017
The First Album
The first two releases in Analog Africa’s new ‘limited dance edition’ series move on from the label’s splendid compilation releases,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Treacle & Bread
On the sleeve of this marvellous album there’s a picture of Rod Stradling playing his melodeon and beaming. He’s smiling...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2022
Lights in the Harbor
Originally a side project for accordionist Drew Simon, letting him play more accordion than he could in his ‘other’ band,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2020
Next Stop… Soweto Vol 2: Soul, Funk & Organ Grooves from the Townships 1969-76
All credit to compilers Duncan Brooker and Francis Gooding, for what they have done with this unusual and fascinating comp¬ilation...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2010
Bomba Pop
Amsterdam Klezmer Band are full of chutzpah — or, as the Dutch say, gotspe. Just two years shy of the...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: May/2024
Nigeria 70: Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife and Juju From 1970s Lagos
The third edition of Strut's Nigeria 70 series contains another 13 crate-raiding tracks never previously issued outside of Nigeria –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2011
Of Hard Times and Harmony
Windborne are hailed as “the most exciting vocal group in a generation,” singing songs of social justice, past and present....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022
Divan & Divine
Zeyn’el is a singer-songwriter who is well-known in the Turkish rock scene as a sound engineer, and some of that...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/September/2023
From the Rich Dark Earth
Singer and violinist Abraham Brody was born and raised in the US, but for the last five years has been...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017
