Reviews
The Rough Guide to Americana
Compiled by rock writer and musician Sylvie Simmons, this second edition of TheRough Guide to Americana is a pleasing hodgepodge...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2016
The Lost Words: Spell Songs
Spell Songs made its stage debut earlier this year, its music sprung from the ‘spell songs’ of nature writer Robert...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Father of Libyan Reggae
Often artists may be hailed as originators of a certain musical style when actually, it’s a matter of taste and/or...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2023
Electric Chicha: The Singles Collection
A potent brew of Amazonian cumbia, Andean huayno and Latin rock, chicha is a Peruvian good-time hybrid that typically, like...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2025
The Next From Field Commander
Field Commander Ali, otherwise known as Ali Mollica, is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who lives in the beachside town...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2026
Tezeta
Hailu Mergia & the Walias Band
The Walias Band are a legendary group. On the frontline of the uniquely Ethiopian brand of jazz and soul during...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2021
Liquid Love
Onom Agemo & the Disco Jumpers
Any album from a band with a name this bizarre is sure to be eclectic and Liquid Love is just...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2017
Marshall Allen Presents Sun Ra & His Arkestra: In the Orbit of Ra
This is a real treat. If you’re not familiar with Sun Ra then you are missing out on one of...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Aspaklaria
Mordechai Beck & the Aspaklaria Group
The word aspaklaria has contrasting definitions in the Jewish Talmud: one rabbi defines it as a mirror, while another claims...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: November/2018
Alefa Madagascar! Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984
Another offering from Strut Records' Indian Ocean compilation series, this album of Malagasy songs takes a look at one of...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
