Reviews
My Earth Songs
Lonnie Park and the Earth Band
Nobody could question the worthiness of this project – the proceeds from which benefit UNICEF’s COVID-19 relief fund for children...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie's 26 Northwest Songs
In these pages last year (#120) I reviewed Greg Vandy's book 26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie's Columbia River...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017
Flavour of Africa
French duo Libreville make music that radiates musical and political positivity and in the current climate that feels like a...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: May/2022
La Locura de Machuca 1975-1980
Discos Machuca was a seminal Afro-cumbia label in late 70s Colombia. Founded by a tax lawyer who reinvented himself as...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020
Rroma Sapien
Sydney-based ensemble Lolo Lovina is built around the impressive talents of Hungarian-Romani singer Sarah Bedak and her Serbian Gypsy guitarist-drummer...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2016
Magnificent Creatures
On solo album number three the singer-songwriter Gren Bartley has truly found his voice. It's quite a transformation. He has...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2015
Adibar
It’s odd now to recall that initial responses in the West to Ali Farka Toure’s Songhai guitar music – 25...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: March/2014
Glasshouses
Keyboardist Lascelles was a founder member of the Global Village Trucking Company in the early 1970s, going on to become...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2017
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81
At a time when so much music is being reissued and repackaged, it is heartening that there are still labels...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Griot Jazz
Those lucky enough to be backstage for rehearsals of the African opera Le Vol du Boli, taking place at a...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: March/2022
