Reviews
Tolika Mtoliki
A dozen years after forming as a performance art and music ensemble in Johannesburg, The Brother Moves On releases one...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: January/February/2022
Conscription
The deranged frontman known only as Mike H led his motley Danish crew The Sexican across their debut album The...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2013
Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 4
With his consistently excellent Viagem series, Italian jazz don Nicola Conte has compiled some of the richest, strangest and most...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2012
Out of Sight
The Polish trio Kroke formed back in 1992 and started playing Jewish klezmer in their home city of Krakow –...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2010
The Source
Since former Rolling Stone Brian Jones first recorded them in 1968, the sound of the musicians of Jajouka in Morocco's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Saturnine
Saturnine arrived with a press release announcing that Jackie Oates has launched a range of cosmetics in the Lush stores....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2011
Unplugged On Strawberry Hill
For anyone who considers Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert to be as valuable a contribution to soul music as he is to...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012
Rising Sun Melodies
Ola Belle Reed was born in 1916, in rural Appalachia and grew up in a family so poor they didn't...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
The Incredible NANÁ
Naná Vasconcelos with Agustín Pereyra Lucena
A de facto solo debut of sorts yet only ever released in Argentina, The Incredible NANÁ dates back to 1971...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: January/2021
Old Man Below
The Dust Busters with John Cohen
Formed in 2008, The Dust Busters are the upper crust of the new generation of old-time string bands that have...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2013
