Reviews
Working River: Songs and Music of the Thames
This collection of 21 songs celebrating the lives of working people on the Thames is backed by the General Federation...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2021
Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records
Topic Records grew out of the Workers' Music Association and over eight decades has consistently championed music made by working...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2019
Diivan Jäljet
The Finnish accordionist Johanna Juhola is a Björk-like figure: enigmatic, daring, witty, unpredictable, warm, passionate and utterly brilliant. She's been...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2018
Havana Central
London’s jazz scene is teeming with talented musicians long overdue their dues. The 20-piece genre-hopping outfit Sunlight Square Combo is...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Karma
After Jambinai, Black String are the best known of the intriguing new batch of experimental folk bands from South Korea....
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2019
One Day
It's titled One Day because it took just that for the remarkable fiddle player Jenna Reid to record this exquisite...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2023
Dub Revolutionaries
Dub music may have originated in the Caribbean but it has mutated over the decades. When the first waves of...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Hether Blether
Named after one of the vanishing islands from his native Orkney's folklore, the final album in composer Erland Cooper's trilogy...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2020
Africa Rekk
First, the good news. Youssou N’Dour is still in powerful, distinctive voice on his first studio album in over six...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2017
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Anyone who caught the concert at London’s Barbican last year by veteran South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim will know...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024
