Reviews
Something is Wrong – Vintage Recordings From East Africa
In days gone by, you might have expected to find this kind of compilation released on a more specialist label...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2011
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The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records (1917-1927) Volume One
Think of this as a time capsule. But not just any time capsule. This is more like a 10kg, bunker-busting...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2014
Incendo
Feisty fiddles and thrilling tunes have long been at the heart of Scotland’s mighty Blazin’ Fiddles – and their new...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2026
Salsa Salsa
‘El Rey del Timbai died in 2000 at the age of 77. Like most kings, Tito Puente left behind a...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Escape – The Story of Jan Baalsrud and the Shetland Bus
The Arctic wastelands to the north of Norway can be the most desolate of places on earth… And yet in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
Zoy Zoy
It would be unfair to say that our taste for the Touareg blues style known as assouf, pioneered by Tinariwen...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2015
Come Back To Me
Originally from the Ivory Coast Peter One emigrated to the US to escape Civil War. Prior to this, he released...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2023
Moçambique
Born in Maputo 52 years ago but now resident in Sweden, Celso Paco released his excellent debut album Dugongo in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
Your Face is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars
Zhungdra music, according to Kuensel, Bhutan’s national newspaper, ‘was first performed [in Bhutan] in the 17th century to commemorate the...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: September/2024
Workin' and Dreamin'
Hoth Brothers share an abiding affinity for unadulterated folk, old-time and classic country music and a hatred of the current...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2019
