Reviews
Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion
Lost & Undone is a bona fide gospel album, graced by songs popularised by legendary country and bluegrass artists and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014
Ordinary Giants: A Life & Times 1918-2018
Robb Johnson is a remarkable singer-songwriter who won acclaim with 1997's Gentle Men, an album that used his grandfathers' lives...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2018
Indigenous Matter: Music from Africa & the Americas
Musician-producer, Chris Warwick took advantage of his travels around the Americas and West Africa in the 80s, to record music...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Humanicity
The Upsetter is back, and this time he's wearing a curly yellow clown's wig and sounding as if he's left...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2013
968 CR13
Massilia Sound System surged out of the 80s underground party scene in Marseille. They're the group that pretty much single-handedly...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: March/2013
Samaagam
Amjad Ali Khan & the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Samaagam, a Sanskrit word meaning ‘confluence’ or ‘flowing together’, is the title of a new concerto which brings together India's...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011
Blue Eyed Black Boy
The debut album of this New York–based trio was one of the most innovative releases of 2005 (even if it...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2010
Magnificent Creatures
On solo album number three the singer-songwriter Gren Bartley has truly found his voice. It's quite a transformation. He has...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2015
The Bear’s Revenge
Moulettes have been conjuring up a mystical world with poetic lyrics and richly textured music for the last ten years,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Un Canto por México, Vol 1
Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of those superstars who makes the rest of us feel idle and talentless. She...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2020
