Reviews
Uptown Top Ranking
VP Records here present a comprehensive guide to Byron Lee, a bandleader and producer whose appeal grew from the tastes...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2015
Cape Jazz Series Vol 4: Musical Democracy
It would be crass to call the Cape Jazz Band ‘South Africa’s Buena Vista Social Club.’ But somebody’s got to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
Sound Storing Machines: The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903-1912
This remarkable collection from the always high quality label Sublime Frequencies is one of those rare ones that any music...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Highlife on the Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings from London & Lagos 1954-66
This double-CD set captures the ‘colonial’-influenced dance music of Anglophone West Africa, from shortly before and after Ghanaian and Nigerian...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2015
If You Can't Stand the Heat
Frank Solivan's satin-smooth, mid-tenor voice soars right off the bat in ‘Crave’, the opening track of If You Can't Stand...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2019
Ginga: The Sound of Brazilian Football
Ginga is a kind of football-specific Brazilian equivalent of ‘mojo,’ which the national team seem to have lost during the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Like a River to the Sea
Jahnavi Harrison grew up at Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire, the UK's largest Hare Krishna temple, and her blend of acoustic...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: December/2015
The Rough Guide to Sufi Music
Six years ago, I attended the grandly titled World Performing Arts Festival in the Pakistani city of Lahore, and was...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Lotus Wight's Ode to the Banjo
Lotus Wight is the nom du guerre of Toronto native Sam Allison, a songster, folklorist, poet, fiddler, banjo historian and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2016
Weirdlore: Notes from the Folk Underground
Weirdlore is a tag conceived by fRoots magazine editor Ian Anderson to describe a disparate collection of artists and bands...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
