Reviews
Full Attack, With Sudden Defences
Things gets off to a compelling start with ominous double bass, loose splashy drums, and a snatch of film noir-ish...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Silt
While US-based Sudanese singer Alsarah appeared on our radar last year with her work as part of the Nile Project,...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2014
Tu Na Me Nsa
The Ghana Bigshots were originally founded as the University of Ghana's house band, and this release is supported by the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Apr/May/2015
Journey Through Time
On the one hand it's perhaps difficult to see quite why the world needs another Afrobeat band, replicating the 1970s...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2011
Wanga
Throes + The Shine's fiery electronic reconfigurations of kuduro – the popular Angolan dance music of the 1980s – are...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2016
What We Leave Behind
Produced in Nashville by fellow Canadian songwriter and producer Gordie Sampson, the follow-up to the splendid debut album Secret Victory...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2017
What If
With its searingly fast tempo and hard-swinging arrangement, ‘Cavebop’ sets the bar high for What If, which is perhaps the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2017
Five Classic Albums
The year-long celebrations for what would have been Bob Marley's 70th birthday have seen a steady stream of activity, crowned...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Based on True Events
After forming on a boat (the MV Halton) during the 2007 Orkney Folk Festival this quartet – consisting of Adam...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012
An Angel Fell
It's appropriate that it's the German Strut label, home of the recent programme of Sun Ra re-releases, that has helped...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2018
