Reviews
Legends & Legacies
In the world of accordion-driven Tejano conjunto music, or Tex-Mex, the Grammy-award winners Flaco Jiménez and Max Baca are both...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014
Mother Nature
Angélique Kidjo has a pleasing way of making every release a unique project rather than just another album. After collaborating...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021
Faso Denou
The rustic Wiltshire village of Box in the Cotswolds could hardly be more quintessentially English. The Rev W Awdry, who...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022
Greatest Jamaican Beat
Two Duke Reid-produced collections have been offset here to create a killer introduction to rocksteady reggae. The first, Greatest Jamaica...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2019
Voice + Vision: Songs of Resistance, Democracy and Peace
‘The Internationale’ was Topic Records’ first ever release, with the jollier ‘The Man that Waters the Workers’ Beer’ on the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Tres Golpes
Perrate is about as traditional a flamenco artist as you can imagine. From Utrera in Andalucía, the family dynasty includes...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2022
Mediterranean Quartet
Matia Levréro & Tcha Limberger
Belgian Gypsy violinist Tcha Limberger has featured several times in these pages for his excellent jazz manouche, Hungarian Gypsy and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2019
Whitby
David Boulter is a founding member of alternative rock band Tindersticks, but has been releasing solo music for years. In...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2025
Hether Blether
Named after one of the vanishing islands from his native Orkney's folklore, the final album in composer Erland Cooper's trilogy...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2020
