Reviews
When Summer Comes Again
This is Simon Mayor and Hilary James’s lockdown album; with no concerts to play they turned to favourite songs and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2022
Urban Bratsch
One of the earliest French non-Gypsy groups to espouse Gypsy music, mainly of Eastern European origin, Bratsch have 40 years...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Tankadi
Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove Gang
Now almost 70 years old, Guinean saxophonist Mamadou ‘Maître’ Barry has been making music since the 60s, when he led...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016
Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel
Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eik Tulve
Estonia has a number of contemporary composers who have made an art out of sacred choral music and written for...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Ekuka
Nyege Nyege Tapes is a small, obscure label based in Kampala, Uganda. They have released a small number of cassettes...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2019
Psychedelic Train: Expanded Edition
Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites
Derrick Harriott is a major figure in Jamaican music, his career as a producer, songwriter, label owner and singer having...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Les Objets Trouvés
Scottish singer and fiddler Kate Young is an increasingly familiar figure. She was part of the award-winning Songs of Separation...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: August/2017
Guwak
The first thing most listeners would think upon hearing young Aboriginal band East Journey is that we’ve heard this before....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012
Lion Songs: Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe
As an audio companion to his recent biography of Mapfumo, the American writer and guitarist Banning Eyre has compiled 14...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
