Reviews
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
Blight and Blossom
Leader of the new-generation Albion Band, son of folk¬rock guv’nor Ashley Hutchings and the child actor who played the young...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Silence is Bliss
Although he is best known for his work on some of Indian cinema's most celebrated soundtracks – including AR Rahman's...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2016
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
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
Ruckus
The pun in this Canadian band's name denotes them as innovators in the klezmer genre: the Pale of Settlement was...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2018
Stupid Mountain Too Big
‘We call it stringband music because it's just too tedious to try and get into whether it's old-time, bluegrass, ragtime,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2018
Run Kitty Run
Big, brassy, bold and Bollywood, The Bombay Royale do not hold back. Run Kitty Run, the Melbourne 11-piece's third studio...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2018
