Reviews
Vitamina Y
Described by Chucho Valdés no less as “a virtuoso”, the Switzerland-based, Cuban-born singer and violinist’s album, Erzulie, received five stars...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2026
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
Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project
Aaron Jonah Lewis' 24-song tribute to the legendary British banjo player and composer Joe Morley (1867-1937) is a fascinating dive...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
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Turkey on the Edge (Soundtrack)
Turkey, ruled since 2002 by an increasingly autocratic Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, experienced an unsuccessful military coup on July 15 2016....
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: May/2018
RELAY, Vol 1
There are good reasons to buy this album, via Bandcamp, at the price of your choosing, because all proceeds are...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Peoplewatching
I’ve got a lot of time for Socalled, Montréal rapper and producer. His early work with Sophie Solomon and his...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Coat-Tails Flying
Being able to play just about any kind of music on any kind of squeezebox (with buttons, that is), John...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2017
Lafz Bheege Hain – Words Drenched in Tears
Sufiscore is not just a record label but also a YouTube channel which has a huge following in Asia, particularly...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: December/2023
Take a Knife and Open My Heart
We've not returned to the golden age of vinyl, but we have entered the age of the collectible object of...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
