Reviews
Echoes of Africa
The Invisible Session’s debut album came out in 2006 and now, just 15 years later, the follow-up is hot on...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021
Linval Presents Dub Landing Vols 1 & 2
While singer, songwriter and producer Linval Thompson wasn't a top-ranking reggae star, he was a well-respected man around Kingston Town....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2018
Play at Night
Play at Night is a remarkable release that questions roots, routine and reality. Artist Devi Mambouka grew up in Gabon,...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2020
Black Man's Pride
Gathering 18 Studio One recordings from across the 1970s that focus loosely on the black experience, this album finds Alton...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Mediterranean Songs
Melos is an ambitious gathering of the musical traditions of three Mediterranean countries – Spain, Tunisia and Greece. The album’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012
Pelerinaj
Vodou priest, actor, singer and choreographer Erol Josué spent two decades living in Paris and New York before returning home...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022
Howay the Lasses
This striking 11-track collection from Howay the Lasses – a quartet featuring Annie Ball (vocals, accordion, piano), Bronwen Davies-Jones (vocals),...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2023
Ruminantia
From their beginnings as an enjoyable, slightly quirky, folk-inflected early music band, Horses Brawl have developed into a very different...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2012
A Jamaican In Cairo
There are those who will tell you that we are witnessing the sonic equivalent of Francis Fukuyama’s ‘end of history’...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2011
Pass the Knowledge
While Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert takes credit for coining the word reggae, and Bob Marley is widely considered reggae’s only true...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
