Reviews
Dub Zealand
Reggae recognises no borders and ever since Bob Marley performed a legendary one-off show in Auckland in 1979, the irie...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2011
Sunbox
Sunbox, album number three from Netherlands-based trad-rockers Hot Griselda, marks the fired-up foursome's tenth anniversary with all the adrenalised attack...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2019
Hope in an Empty City
Recorded in New York before the onset of COVID-19, this latest album by Egyptian/Australian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros is a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2021
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
Punky Halal
It's been 14 years since French Maghreb-influenced band Les Boukakes first started rocking not just the casbahs but the world...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2013
Momo Le Doyen
The Guinea-born saxophonist, singer and composer, who died in 2003 at the age of 77, was one of Africa’s greatest...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Recife • 19
While it might not be erupting in the manner of Barcelona or Hong Kong, the north-eastern Brazilian metropolis of Recife...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Vintage & Unique
Mandolinist John Reischman's relative obscurity outside of the insular bluegrass universe is by no means reflective of his standing in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Cartagena!
Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72
Aqui en la costa me vuelve loco’ (Here on the Coast I go Mad). So sings the great band leader...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
