Reviews
Live and Raw
Raw indeed. And a lot of that rawness is courtesy of Dennis Wint, Invisible System's frontman, best described as a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
Double Dekker
Desmond Dekker (1941-2006) brought Jamaican music to an international audience in a way that no other artist had previously achieved:...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019
Live at TUSK 2019
Recorded at the eclectic TUSK Festival in Gateshead, this live set captures the last night of the first ever UK...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021
Pontos de Passagem
Fado Malvado are a Portuguese quartet that focus on the musical bond between an accordion, a pair of guitars and...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2023
From Baroque to Fado
When one puts it all together in the same sentence, it looks like a recipe for disaster: Portuguese baroque music,...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2018
Hickory
There’s no denying that this album gets off to a flying start. The first two rollicking tunes fly along, sounding...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Mariage
The Wau Wau Collectif was formed by Karl-Jonas Winqvist from Sweden with an eclectic group of 20 Senegalese contributors after...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022
L’Oiseau Magnifique
The charm of Alice's second album, L’Oiseau Magnifique (The Magnificent Bird), lies in its simplicity. The songs are performed by...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2023
What Heat
I did a double-take upon hearing that the world-fusion group Bokanté was planning a project with the Metropole Orkest. Already...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018
