Reviews

Pole Star

Spiro

Pole Star is the third album by Spiro released by Real World Records since the quartet from Bristol signed to...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Binga

Samba Touré

Having started his career as a protégé of Ali Farka Touré in 1997, Samba Touré is now a firmly established...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2021

Work Harder and One Day You’ll Find Her

Duotone

This gorgeous, melancholic and magical mini-album of eight songs, clocking in at around half the length of many of today’s...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010

IMLÉ

IMLÉ

Already making waves on the live circuit in their native Ireland, IMLÉ describe themselves as ‘a group of kindred spirits...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2017

Native North America Vol 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock and Country 1966-1985

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The lack of respect or choice given to the original inhabitants of the US would have crushed lesser peoples....

Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Soleil

AMAMI

AMAMI are a Geneva-based three-piece who strive to combine dancehall, Afro pop and no wave. Soleil boasts so much; there...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021

Sud de la Louisiane

The Foghorn Trio

A pared-down version of the legendary Foghorn Stringband, this trio of heel-kicking musicians from Portland, Oregon, play mandolin, banjo, fiddle,...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2011

Palya

Iwantja

The hottest thing in Australia’s Central Desert these days is the young Abori¬ginal band Iwantja. Hailing from the bush community...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Out of Many, One Music! Songs That Shaped Jamaica

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The three-CD set Out of Many, One Music! follows the earlier It's Jamaica Jump Blues Time! and Feel So Fine:The...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Cuba: Son, Bolero, Son-Cruzado & Bolero-Son

La Familia Valera Miranda

This particular familia hail from in and around Cuba's first capital, Santiago, in the Oriente region. Their mixed-race ancestry includes...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2017