Reviews
Fine Bloom
Free the Honey is a quartet that plies its trade with a tight-knit, nearly telepathic ease. Jenny Hill (vocals, fiddle,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Pandemonium: The Essential Bellowhead
The bad news is that, after 11 years, the 11 members of the great English folk big-band Bellowhead are going...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Eparaka
Eparaka is the first album from young Mozambican singer Deltino Guerreiro. It's been two years in the making, and the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2016
Herself and Myself
Thomas McCarthy is an Irish Traveller who, when he was a child, lived on a site beneath the Westway, the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Afritanga – The Sound of AfroColombia
For many people, Colombia is the land of Shakira and high octane salsa. Bogotá bursts with salsa clubs and Cali...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2011
Gloryland
There are a lot of trad jazz revivalist acts out there. The LA-based seven-piece California Feetwarmers are one of many...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2019
Manara
Sudanese-American singer Alsarah and her Nubatones first showed up on the radar with their fantastic debut Silt in 2014. As...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2016
The True Story of Bananagun
Put on your sunglasses and your fringed jackets, turn on the lava lamp, mix yourself a martini, let out a...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020
As the World Turns
Plenty has happened to the world in the 15 years since Black Uhuru last released a studio album – much...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
