Reviews
Bottle Bank Band
Made up of four Tyneside fiddlers – Sophy Ball, Chloe Jones, David Jones and Stewart Hardy – and taking their...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Gamelan of Central Java XIV: Ritual Sounds of Sekaten
Sekaten is the sacred gamelan music. In Java, it is played in only a few mosques, and only during the...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Nayda!
Nayda, or ‘waking up,’ was the word given to the alternative music scene 2000s in the wake of the Arab...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Malta's Lost Voices
Now that's what I call a CD set. A foot-tall board-encased booklet, shaped like an old gramophone loudspeaker trumpet, is...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2011
Céu e Mar
Leila Pinheiro has an amazing CV; over 30 years she has recorded 16 albums; she has collaborated with the likes...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2012
Aquarius
Antonio Carlos Jobim once called Joyce one of the greatest singers of all time – praise that the ageless Brazilian...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
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
I’m Glad About It: The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville, 1958-1981
According to contributing singer Bessie Leavell Palmer, ‘gospel music is written out of the depths of somebody’s soul.’ Well, this...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2025
Watching the Well
Naim is a jazz label with an outstanding contemporary artist roster and a reputation for top-flight sound quality and production....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
