Reviews
Dedicated to the Bird We Love
Upon its release in 1970, this debut LP from Norwegian psychedelic-folk trio Oriental Sunshine was called by a reviewer in...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2017
Iran: Music of the Qajar Era
Infamous for their ineptitude, extravagance, despotism and venality, among other things, the Qajar dynasty is seldom praised when reflecting...
Reviewed by Joobin Bekhrad in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
The Living Room Sessions Part 2
This is the eagerly awaited second volume of the outstanding Living Room Sessions, the first of which won the legendary...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2013
The Rough Guide to African Disco
Bursting out of 70s America, with a white-suited Travolta at the helm, disco called the world to dance. Its funk,...
Reviewed by Lilly Pollard in issue: June/2013
Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain
FLEE Project are known for their work in presenting traditional musics raw, and then calling on contemporary musicians to recontextualise...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: January/2025
Tilaye’s Saxophone with the Dahlak Band
Saxophonist Tilaye Gebre was one of the stalwarts of Addis Ababa’s popular music scene from the 1960s to the 1980s,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2026
Illusion & Doubt
Like a backfiring, smoke-belching, fluid-dripping jalopy from a bygone era, The Dead South pop, chuff and wheeze their way across...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2018
History of Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae
Get ready for a sweltering live album from Jamaican trendsetters the Ska-talites, recorded in Finland in 1994 and capturing, for...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Simply Amjad Ali Khan Vols 1-3
These three albums are by one of India's finest classical instrumentalists playing one of the most distinguished instruments, the sarod....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
Warian Echoe
With quality local recordings still a novelty in Papua New Guinea, producer Raymond Chin is attempting to change that with...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2011
