Reviews

Waillee Waillee

Dorothy Carter

Released in 1978, Waillee Waillee is the second full-length album from Dorothy Carter, composer, Mediæval Bæbes founder and master of...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2024

Voice of the People: “It Was Mighty!” – The Early Days of Irish Music in London

VARIOUS ARTISTS

These two sets of field recordings – from the pubs, clubs, ballrooms, bars, private rooms, Irish centres and occasional radio...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2016

Lam Phloen Grade A Guy

Angkanang Kunchai | Sonthaya Kalasin | Various Artists

Composer, producer and savvy businessman Doi Inthanon (named after Thailand's tallest mountain) has created a huge catalogue of songs and...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Les Routes de l'Esclavage 2 CDs & DVD

Jordi Savall

Sponsored by UNESCO and conceived by the Catalan musician Jordi Savall as a cultural history of slavery and a homage...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017

Zungguzungguguzungguzeng!

Yellowman

Back in 1983, two years after the death of Bob Marley, Yellowman was the most successful performer in Jamaica. Born...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024

Tension

Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra

As the father of Ethio-jazz, the Ethiopian multi-instrumentalist and composer Mulatu Astatke has carved out a unique musical path. On...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: January/2025

All My Friends

Aoife O’Donovan

A little more than a century after the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution secured American women the right to...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024

Ifetayo; Glory of Om; Anoda Sistem; ‘Oduduwa’ [single]

Oluko Imo / Black Truth Rhythm Band

With the blessing of his widow, Soundway Records have re-released three landmark albums and a single from the much underrated...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2024

Synthesizing the Silk Roads

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The title and subheading (Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock and Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia) say...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: November/2024

Calypso Craze 1956-57 and Beyond

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Forty-year-old Bear Family Records is a German label renowned for digging deeply into the country, blues and rock’n’roll archives, and...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2015