Reviews
Beneath the Sun
A Murrungun man from Arnhem Land, singer-songwriter and actor Tom E Lewis is still best remembered for his murderous lead...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel
Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eik Tulve
Estonia has a number of contemporary composers who have made an art out of sacred choral music and written for...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Psychedelic Train: Expanded Edition
Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites
Derrick Harriott is a major figure in Jamaican music, his career as a producer, songwriter, label owner and singer having...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Being
After 2016's The Traveller, Baaba Maal wasn’t sure if he would ever make another solo album. He concentrated on his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023
Troubadour
Singer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master hummer dulcimer and psaltery player, Dorothy Carter is getting a posthumous reappraisal of late....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2024
Hikoi/Journey
Richard Nunns, Paul Dyne & Dave Lisik
If 68-year-old Kiwi ethnomusicologist Richard Nunns isn’t careful, he’ll end up appearing on every album made in New Zealand! The...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013
The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
The music of Afghanistan is something of a cause célèbre for Simon Broughton and here he presents his personal selection...
Reviewed by John Baily in issue: October/2010
Broadside
Bellowhead are a heavy metal outfit, Reich-like minimalists, vocal harmony virtuosi, a brass-blasting jazz combo, a shanty crew and squeezebox-driven...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Who Are We?
Born in the largely Algerian neighbourhood of Barbès in Paris, the quintet Al-Qasar mixes hypnotic North African trance grooves and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2022
