Reviews
Action! and Intensified
Desmond Dekker brought Jamaican music into the international pop charts – first with ‘007 (Shanty Town)’ in 1967 then in...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018
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
