Reviews
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
Tidings
Tidings opens with ‘Two Magicians’, a traditional song in which a woman, to escape the sexual advances of a blacksmith,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Treasure Dub Albums Collection
When the gun-slinging ex-cop Duke Reid passed on in 1975, rival producer Sonia Pottinger acquired his legendary Treasure Isle studio...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Mean Old World
A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Gordie Tentrees was raised on a farm in an environment described in his bio...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
The Capitol Session ’73
After being unceremoniously dumped from their opening slot on a Sly and the Family Stone tour, Bob Marley and the...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: January/February/2022
Five Notes
Singer and instrumentalist Seby Ntege is based in London, and fronts a multicultural band. He's from East Uganda and specialises...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Fair Warning
Kami Thompson and James Walbourne's first release on Island's Pink Label imprint, once home to the likes of Fairport Convention,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Mastika
Urban southern Serbia, under Turkish rule until 1878, has retained many so-called ‘Oriental’ characteristics in its folkways, food and, of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2019
The Encounter of Vocal Heritage
Migrancy is an inescapable condition of our time, and people in movement to strange places carry remembrances of home with...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017
Farewell to the Homeland: Poyln
Behind this album is the story of the Frand family who travelled from Dubiecko, Poland to the US in the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
