Reviews
Calypsos, Boogies, Rockers, Ballads & Bluebeat: The Rise of Black Music in Britain
There has been a surge of interest over recent years in the roots of black music in Britain. The London...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
London is the Place for Me: The Music of Young Black London, 5 & 6
This double-CD release follows three engaging, high-quality compilations of Caribbean and African music in 50s Britain from the specialist label...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: July/2013
Wabi Sabi
Sometimes an album title immediately makes you want to return it, unheard. Such is the case with the nonsensically titled...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Prodigal Son
Ry Cooder's first band, back in the 1960s, was called the Rising Sons; here the prodigal comes home by returning...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
From the Rich Dark Earth
Singer and violinist Abraham Brody was born and raised in the US, but for the last five years has been...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017
Kenya: The Obokano, Lyre of the Gusii
The area of north-east Africa, between the Nile and the Indian Ocean, is a heartland of lyres - from the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Estación Edén: Guitar Works from Uruguay II
While tango jostles with rock nacional and popular dance rhythms like cumbia in Montevideo and Buenos Aires, once you escape...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2016
From Bedlam to Lenane
Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni
With that title beside those two names, I was expecting a couple of Italian crooners on an Irish road trip....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2015
A Bela Vida
It's not ofen that the oboe takes the lead in any genre and its pinched tone can sometimes be too...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020
