Reviews
Fifteen
For their first new album in six years, The Wailin’ Jennys celebrate a 15-year-long relationship with a nine-track collection of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2018
Hajda!
This is the debut of a new band focussing on the traditional music of Polesia, a region of eastern Poland,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2024
Ambush
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
With Ambush, Latin jazz specialists In The Woods present a tight eight-track collection that revolves around the work of the...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: February/March/2026
Proper Job
‘Proper job!’ is a Cornish expression of approval – and an excellent ale from St Austell Brewery, which has supported...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Giant + Guitar
Wewantsounds continues its remarkable work in excavating long deleted Arabic albums of the 1970s and reissuing them on LP (and...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: January/February/2022
Maguidala
After the success of their compilation Léve Léve: Sao Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s earlier in the year, Bongo Joe...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020
Quesaco?
Paris Combo are an iconic Parisian band, carried by the voice and the twinkling presence of Bénédicte Grimault, aka Belle...
Reviewed by Anne Ge in issue: August/September/2022
Cuba's Queen of Song
For non-aficionados, Celia Cruz is best remembered as a gutsy Latina Tina Turner. When she died in 2003, she'd recently...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2011
Dark Carnival
Kate Green is gifted with a fine voice; she uses it with feeling and precision, which makes her a terrific...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2022
Over Fields and Mountains
Over Fields and Mountains is one of those ‘lost’ or ‘outsider’ records that contains the sound of surprise. The late...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2022
