Reviews
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
Escape – The Story of Jan Baalsrud and the Shetland Bus
The Arctic wastelands to the north of Norway can be the most desolate of places on earth… And yet in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
King of Kwassa Kwassa: The Best of Kanda Bongo Man
Kanda Bongo Man is one of the most successful exponents of the soukous style of music – the exuberant ‘bubblegum’...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts
Following Guthrie's death in 1967, plans were made for a memorial concert at New York's Carnegie Hall. The event took...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The Invisible Comes to Us
Memory is an elusive and unreliable thing. The second album from the American folk duo passes like a memory recalled...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2018
We Are in the War
Also known as Aduko Saabo, Prince Buju is the latest luminary to gain exposure through Makkum Records, the Amsterdam-based label...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2015
On the Romance of Being
Based in the Amandawe township in KwaZulu-Natal, Desire Marea has held a place at the centre of South Africa's queer...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2023
Take Me to the Dance
Though Freshlyground is a pan-African outfit, with members from Mozambique and Zimbabwe, the bohemian Cape Town septet is undoubtedly a...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2013
Kroke 25: The Best Of
The Polish trio Kroke celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2017. Kroke is the Yiddish name for Kraków, which was a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2018
