Reviews

Nha Vida

Ceuzany

If you can get past the cover, which resembles a Stock, Aitken & Waterman 12” from the late 80s, this...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Lao Dreaming

Wonderfeel

This debut album from Melbourne-based musician Peet Wonderfeel is described as organic electronica, taking inspiration from the natural world and...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: April/2018

Chaos

René Aubry

The French multi-instrumentalist's 26th album begins with the sound of rain and distant thunder, out of which comes a tremulous...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: December/2017

Embalo

Liana

When Liana first became known to a wider audience, it did not take an expert to spot a young girl...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2014

Fonn

The Campbells

Five voices, one family, three generations, and a treasury of Gaelic song – the Campbells of Greepe, near Dunvegan on...

Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: July/2012

Of Labour and Love

The Teacups

Alex Cumming, Kate Locksley, Rosie Calvert and Will Finn first began singing together after meeting on the famed Newcastle University...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2015

Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man

The Ethiopians

Whatever the line-up, vocal harmony group The Ethiopians have always been the vehicle of Leonard Dillon. A convert to Rastafarianism,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018

Sangam

Paul Livingstone & Pete Jacobson

The chamber music duo of sitarist Paul Livingstone and cellist Pete Jacobson, aka Sangam, have a new album of the...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: December/2022

Like a Bolt

John Holt

Released in 1973, Like a Bolt gathered recordings the great Jamaican singer John Holt had made for Duke Reid's Treasure...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2019

Safar

Imed Alibi

Here comes another new project from the new Tunisia. Except it is not quite the new Tunisia, but rather, the...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2014