Reviews
Once We Had a Home
The Rohingya people are among the most persecuted on the planet. In 1982, they were driven from their ancestral homes...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2024
Armageddon in a Sunny Dress
According to Sunny War, the music on Armageddon in a Sunny Dress, her follow-up to 2023’s Anarchist Gospel, partly stems...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
Boss Morris
The self-titled debut from Boss Morris soars with all the melancholy folk beauty of a Red Kite in a wintry...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2025
Dans fra Dalstrøka
By their own admission, the music of Norwegian sextet Hornorkesteret is hard to describe, and the line-up does little to...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2025
Usures
Les Mécanos are ten hirsute men from Saint-Étienne who, in overalls and dungarees, sing in Occitan and French of the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2025
Nest
By combining instruments from his native country of Latvia, such as the kolke (a harp/zither relative of Lithuania’s kankle and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025
Karma Sheen
60s rock meets Hindustani sounds and Sufi lyricism in this album of bright colours and youthful euphoria. Karma Sheen is...
Reviewed by James Rorison in issue: April/2025
Son Con Guaguancó
To mark the centennial of Cuban legend Celia Cruz’ birth, Craft Latino is reissuing a series of classic recordings. Opening...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2025
Los Kenya Vol 2
The Venezuelan singer, pianist and bandleader Ray ‘El Loco’ Pérez ran a small combo with a hefty punch. Stretching out...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025
The Archive
Bob Dylan’s 1985 box set Biograph came with an interview in which Dylan said: “Some guys got it down –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2025
