Reviews
Mekfoul District
The Toubab All Stars aren’t the only French outfit to fix their gazes on the Caribbean for inspiration. Both Massilia...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
The Tinker's Dream
Although The Tinker's Dream is ostensibly a solo album, it sounds very much the product of a group. Chris Murphy,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2017
Beginner’s Guide to the Caribbean
In a compilation¬exhausted market, do we need yet another Caribbean greatest hits set? The short answer would be no, unless...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Revival
Bellowhead's Revival begins, typically, with a couple of sea shanties, ‘Let Her Run’ and ‘Roll Alabama’. The calls and responses...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Frontrunner
Frontrunner is Anglo-Hungarian Rakoczy’s horse-themed debut. From pagan creatures to racehorses, equine figures run through the album, tying together a...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: December/2020
Nothing Can Bring Back the Hour
Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker recently performed their new album in full in London, with a chamber ensemble and guests...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Salida de Emergencia
Women have always been central to tango – as whores, drunks, Oedipal mothers, girlfriends and social climbers. On the performing...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012
Timbuktu
During her first spell on World Circuit, Oumou Sangaré made some of the finest albums to come out of West...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
Syrian Dreams
‘This album is my personal journey through the six years of war in Syria,' Youssef writes of her debut album....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
