Reviews
Zār Songs for the Spirits
Zār is a rite that arrived in Egypt with migration – partly due to slavery – from sub-Saharan East Africa....
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: March/2022
Every Man for Every Man
Ghetto Priest, best known as the Rastafarian frontman for electronica/fusion legends Asian Dub Foundation, has released this solo album as...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: November/2017
Resonance
The musical pedigree of Pitjantjatjara man Bart Willoughby goes back to the late 1970s, when he founded the pioneering Aboriginal...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2017
What Pan Did for Me
Visitors to Port of Spain's legendary carnival will recall Panorama, the steel band competition at which bands – some up...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: November/2015
When I Wait For You
For the success of her widely acclaimed 2019 Smithsonian Folkways release, Songs of Our Native Daughters (reviewed in #147), Rhiannon...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2020
Guzo
It's not often that one is greeted by such a strong debut, so effortlessly shot through with intelligence and creativity....
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Search for Five Finger Frank
This mammoth set – 27 tracks in all – aims to rescue from obscurity the memory of Leeds folk-song collector...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2015
Identity
Sawhney’s back catalogue is freighted with album titles such as Migration, ...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2023
Reprise on 2nd Avenue
Having made a name for himself in the hip-hop trio Johnny Cradle, this latest release shows Qü venturing forward as...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: December/2024
