Reviews
Longing for the Past: The 78 rpm Era in Southeast Asia
Dust-to-Digital's latest release, a four-CD compilation of some of the earliest recorded music in South-East Asia, is a treasure trove...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Apr/May/2014
Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Two
Brighton's estimable Mr Bongo label started its record club as an opportunity to air obscure vinyl finds from its crate-digging...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
After the Morning
Wyndham Baird’s music lives at the intersection of witting imitation, authentic reinterpretation and inspired creation. He sings like his (mostly)...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2024
Trans-Continental Hustle
Everyone's favourite Gypsy punk outfit is back with their fifth album and yes, it's another big musical mash-up of klezmer,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010
The Electric Muse Revisited
When the book The Electric Muse was originally published in 1975 a separate four-LP box set was issued to accompany...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Bulgaria: The Art of the Gadulka
The gadulka is the Bulgarian version of the pear-shaped fiddle, found in various forms right across the eastern Mediterranean. Like...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2010
Imaginary Archives Vol 1: Ritual Music from Nameless Civilisations
Swedish innovator Juhani Silvola is set to release another three albums on his Eighth Nerve label after this – one...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2017
A Vontade Superstar
The Sao Paulo music scene is currently thriving, with artists such as Criolo, Tulipa and Céu getting international releases and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Music is the Most Beautiful Language in the World: Yiddisher Jazz in London's East End 1920s-1950s
Compiled by historian Alan Dein, Music is the Most Beautiful Language in the World is both a historic document, chronicling...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2019
At the Wrong Gig
Every so often, a radio station will produce a playlist of the best songs for driving. The likes of Bruce...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
