Reviews
Through the Wild
For their second album, this Americana-leaning group have stepped unabashedly into festival-friendly folk-pop-rock, complete with bold, dramatic choruses and songs...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Mames Babegenush With Strings
This fifth helping of Babegenush is as joyous, sorrowful and deftly produced as the group's previous albums, and this time...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Acabou Chorare
Originally released on Som Livre in 1972, Acabou Chorare was recently voted the Best Brazilian Album Ever in a Rolling...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2016
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K Frimpong (Blue & Black)
K Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
Ever since K Frimpong’s music first started reappearing on compilations a decade or so ago, original copies of his LPs...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Ser Fado
There's no beating around the bush: Telmo Pires’ second fado effort makes a poor case for his defence. It is...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Dubbing with Anansi
Neil ‘Mad Professor’ Fraser returns with another dub album, a medium in which this apprentice of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry seems...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2015
Periphery
Priya Darshini is a US-based singer from South Asia who draws on an eclectic range of musical influences. This is...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2020
Jenny Does Burn
Jenny Does Burn is the accomplished and moody debut album from Edinburgh-based Mairi Orr. Heavily influenced by American folk traditions...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2015
