Reviews
Prisoner
There have been many fine reggae artists to come out of Africa since Bob Marley played in Zimbabwe in 1980...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2025
OVA
This is a bittersweet triumph from one of the world’s finest fusion bands. The Afro Celts were founded by Simon...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
Loudon Live in London
An excellent overview of the six-decade-long career of one of America’s preeminent (and funniest) troubadours. Recorded during a three-night stand...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
Over Fields and Mountains
Over Fields and Mountains is one of those ‘lost’ or ‘outsider’ records that contains the sound of surprise. The late...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2022
Contreband Mentality
Les Frères are a 14-strong Paris-based Afro-beat collective who, for some bizarre reason, all take the same surname in the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012
Vocês Querem Mate?
Vocês Querem Mate? is the latest instalment in Far Out's ongoing resurrection of the catalogue on Roberto Quartin's long-buried record...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2017
Canaich
As is traditional for a Scottish Highland male, fiddler Duncan Chisholm isn’t one to get too demonstrative in the material...
Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: October/2010
Orava: Panorama of Folk Song and Music Culture
This double-CD and booklet is the first in a series of six important archival releases of traditional Slovak music. Orava...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2021
