Reviews
The Shovel Dance
Lankum aren’t the only purveyors of doom-laden folk. London-based nine-piece Shovel Dance Collective show with this, their second album, that...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2024
Island Records Presents Ska: 40 Original Ska Classics
Best known as a British rock label, Island Records actually began life in Jamaica in 1959. Its Harrow–educated founder, Chris...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: June/2013
Remixed
Luisa Maita debuted last year with the delicious Lero Lero, an album which this publication described as ‘dreamy an d...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2011
Vento do Mar
This soulful album has the seamless feel of a longtime collaboration, rather than the debut production that it is. Portuguese...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: December/2024
Mãe Carinhosa
Over her 20-year career, the Cape Verdean legend recorded a vast amount of songs that never quite made it onto...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2013
Suomiklezmer2
Hop on the last metro out of Helsinki city centre. Nighttime revelries fade away as the doors slide closed and...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2024
Parlour Ballads
Parlour ballads, as a genre, get poor press as low-grade, middle-class Victoriana, but here’s Jon Boden at the piano (and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2024
Luoteniegut
Joik vocalist Ulla Pirttijärvi is among northern Finland’s strongest Indigenous voices. Pirttijärvi combines her powerful singing with West African influences...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2025
Our Garden Needs its Flowers
A very welcome reissue of an oddity from the Ivory Coast that was a huge regional hit when issued in...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2018
