Reviews
The Wages
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
The initial signs are good – a three-piece country blues outfit from the back hills of Indiana with a clear...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010
The Griot's Craft
The previous solo album from the Bembeya Jazz/Africando singer and voice of Guinea to receive an international release was Sinikan,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2013
Songs of Jezireh
Jezireh, which means ‘island’ in Arabic, is an area of north-east Syria with a distinct identity. It lies on the...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2010
Contreband Mentality
Les Frères are a 14-strong Paris-based Afro-beat collective who, for some bizarre reason, all take the same surname in the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012
The Rough Guide to Undiscovered World
The Rough Guide to Un dis cove red World is a showcase compilation. It is the CD companion to record...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The Turning Tide
Crikey, another Solas album? It seems only a moment ago that I reviewed the band’s For Love and Laughter. OK,...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2010
World Routes: On The Road
World Routes (currently broadcast on Sunday evenings) is BBC Radio 3’s flagship world music programme. And to my knowledge, there...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Mabrouk
The polyrhythms of Gnawa music have long lent themselves to jazz: Pharaoh Sanders, Don Cherry and Bill Laswell all famously...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Our Latin Thing
This special edition package celebrates the 40th anniversary of a very special night. On Thursday August 26 1971, the stellar...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Shamrock City
In 1910, a young man named Michael Conway left rural poverty behind in Ireland and took passage across the Atlantic...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2013
