Reviews
Centenary: Words & Music of the Great War
Show of Hands with Jim Carter & Imelda Staunton
There will be few finer artistic tributes to the cataclysmic experience of World War I in this centenary year than...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Spirituals & Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast
The Gullah communities of the Georgia coast in the southern US first won interest when the pioneering folklorists Alan Lomax...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2017
Zydeco: Black Creole French Music & Blues 1928-1972
Zydeco is Creole French for something lacking spice – food or gossip – and only came into common use in...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Linval Presents Dub Landing Vols 1 & 2
While singer, songwriter and producer Linval Thompson wasn't a top-ranking reggae star, he was a well-respected man around Kingston Town....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2018
New Orleans Blues, Soul & Jazz Gumbo
Inspired by the success of the HBO TV series Treme, a drama serial set in New Orleans and brimming with...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2012
Etienne de la Sayette & The Wild Horses Orchestra
Etienne de la Sayette & The Wild Horses Orchestra
Yes, this music reeks of Parisian boulevards, with its playful accordion, singing flutes and vamping piano, but it also finds...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2025
Woody At Home – Volumes 1 & 2
Woody Guthrie recorded these raw and intimate home tapes in his Brooklyn apartment during 1951 and 1952 as demos for...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Kasbatek
‘Gnawa funk’, a blend of sounds from ‘the Orient, from the Maghreb, chaabi melodies and Gnawa rhythms’ is the proclamation...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: April/2024
Cartagena!
Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72
Aqui en la costa me vuelve loco’ (Here on the Coast I go Mad). So sings the great band leader...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
Live at the BBC
Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson
Richard Thompson fans require deep pockets. This is not the first box-set to concentrate on the man's extensive oeuvre, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
