Reviews
Live in Somerset
Live in Somerset might not sound very rock‘n’roll. But Steve Knightley is a true stadium star of West Country venues...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Family Atlantica
The complexity, depth and sheer scope of Family Atlantica's debut release means that after a dozen listens you've still only...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2013
Super Nova Samba Funk
Over a decade that’s seen all kinds of obscure and often fantastic Brazilian funk prised from the archives, the band...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Strength to Survive: Deluxe EU Version
Last year, Virginia-based reggae outfit SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) released their fourth album Strength to Survive. The title was...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013
Benin – Yoruba Music
This is a double CD of field recordings made in 1958, 1969 and between 1996 and 1999, lavishly pre¬sented like...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2012
Bituca – The Definitive Collection
Definitive collections inevitably upset someone, and any attempt to sum up Milton Nascimento’s 45-year career in two CDs will be...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2012
The Rich are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives
The eighth album by British-Trinidadian Renaissance man Anthony Joseph takes its title from a line by legendary Trinidadian theorist CLR...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
African Metropolitan Music
Over the past decade, the celebrated architect David Adjaye has visited every African country, photographing the architecture of a full...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2012
DJ Lubi Jovanovic presents Salsa Funk Experience
Here’s yet another addition to Nascente’s Funk Experience series – Kid Loco’s French Funk Experience has been released simultaneously –...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2011
Studio One Dub Fire Special
London record label Soul Jazz Records have done an excellent job in ensuring that the vast library of recordings made...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
