Reviews
The Playback Queen: the Very Best of Asha Bhosle
Aptly titled The Playback Queen, this compilation captures four decades of Asha Bhosle's extensive repertoire – up to the 1990s...
Reviewed by Kulbir Natt in issue: Apr/May/2010
Dance to the Full Moon
Invisible System is multi-instrumentalist and Frome resident Dan Harper, whose initial reputation was made via his Ethiopian fusion work, a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2020
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Highlife-Jazz and Afro-Soul (1963-1969)
Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos
No other African musician has garnered as much global interest as Fela Kuti – Nigeria's creator of Afrobeat. His appeal...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2016
En Yay Suh
If you start listening to this album at home, take it one meaty track at a time. The whole album...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
The Otium Mixtape
David Kiledjian is a producer/musician based in Lyon. This debut solo album puts us in touch with Lyon’s futurist electronic...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2024
Guitar Improvisations & Tashi Dorji
These two albums were originally issued solely on cassette by Headway Recordings, a now-defunct local label in Asheville, North Carolina,...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: March/2024
Latin-Soul-Rock
Fifty years after its original release, this long out-of-print album has been remastered and reissued on vinyl and digital form....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2024
Pandora’s Box
This is a musical response to war and cruelty. Despite the seriousness of the subject and the dramatic events presented...
Reviewed by Ula Nowak in issue: August/2025
These Mountain Blues
His name might sound as Scottish as oatcakes, single malt whisky, heather or tossing the caber, but that doesn’t mean...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: May/2016
Vertigo
Jaune Toujours are a brass-heavy Belgian big band who’ve been active for over 25 years. This is their ninth album...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2024
