Reviews
Nickel Creek/This Side/Why Should the Fire Die?
When Nickel Creek formed in 1989, siblings Sara and Sean Watkins and Chris Thile were not yet 13 years old....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2020
1000 Can Die
It’s as absurd to generalise about African albums as it would be American or European albums. But over the years...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2017
Where’s the One?
Kinshasa’s Congotronic axis meet chosen international artists and create an epic, euphoric mash-up celebrating the tenth anniversary of a historic...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: June/2022
Chapter One
With a 1973 debut record floating somewhere between San Francisco and Lagos, Blo were the pioneers of African rock. Fusing...
Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Die Demokratie
Growing up in Germany as part of the Turkish diaspora, Ozan Ata Canani began playing the bağlama and writing songs...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2025
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
In the midst of all the countrified wannabes, rockabilly has-beens and nouveau string bands running around, Old Sledge are the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2011
A Beginner's Guide to Sublime Frequencies Vol One & Two
Curated by Tim Smolens and Chris Bogen of experimental international outfit High Castle Teleorkestra, this rake through Sublime Frequencies’ esoteric...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: June/2023
Collaborations: Volume One
Ten years on from their inception, Hackney Colliery Band have embarked on an ambitious collaborative journey, with this record setting...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2019
We Will Never Die
This is Tuva’s one and only Albert Kuvezin’s first Yat-Kha studio album since 2010’s excellent Poets and Lighthouses. Right from...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2021
One People One World
Around the same time as Seun Kuti's excellent new album Black Times, elder brother Femi has also returned to the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
