Reviews
One Love, One Life
Despite being an unremarkable figure during reggae's golden era in the 70s, Beres Hammond has created a contemporary two-disc album...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013
Inoni Ana Totoraha
With an energy beyond that of normal mortals, these enthusiastic Solomon Islanders are a festival promoter's dream: Melanesian men with...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
RE: Plugged
The irony with remixes is that they tend to make something very much of-the-moment while simultaneously cursing it to sound...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2011
Bird Like Men
The debut album from this new Aotearoa (New Zealand) quartet brings together four distinctive Kiwi artists: female Māori singer-musicians and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022
Multishow Ao Vivo
Whilst they have somewhat fallen out of fashion in Europe and the US, ‘unplugged’ performances by major domestic talents have...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2012
Sur la Route des Caravanes
The group’s name suggests they are a drum and dance ensemble. But Les Tambours de Brazza are much more than...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2013
Secret Marriage
Cači Vorba’s debut album won a German Record Critics' Award last year and was a Top of the World release...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Tafrigh Vol 1
Tafrigh cannot be categorised easily. Rooted in different musical genres and styles, it is a mesmerising post-modern mixture of bizarre...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: July/2022
Quantic Presents Tropical Funk Experience
If you need some¬one to compile a co mpilation o f hen’s-teeth-rare funk grooves from 1 970s Latin America, there’s...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Quest Under Capricorn
Whilst Shaolin Afronaut’s debut, Flight of The Ancients, wore its influences somewhat overtly on its sleeve, their follow-up sees them...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
