Reviews
West Meets East: Indian Music and its Influence on the West
The bottom has rather dropped out of the market for world music compilations but just occasionally a valuable collection can...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
Aw Sa Yone Vol 1
This is a breathtaking release from the Greece-based label Teranga Beat, one of the small specialist Record labels that unearth...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2013
Cold Old Fire
Much has been happening on Ireland's live circuit in recent years, with the emergence of new names trying new ways...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2014
Umbrellowhead
Come across this on a shelf and you’ll think you’ve found a new Bellowhead album. But what we have here...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2010
Pangea
Pangea is the hypothetical super¬continent, a land mass without borders, whose break-up gave us the continents we know today. Chet...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: March/2012
African Pearls: Pont Sur le Congo
The title of this double compilation refers to the imaginary bridge connecting the two capitals of the neighbouring Central African...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Chico: The Definitive Collection 1970-1984
All electric-blue eyes and honeyed voice, even at 68 Chico Buarque remains the debonair renaissance man par excellence, a Brazilian...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2012
Japanese Dub
Jah Wobble & The Nippon Dub Ensemble
According to Jah Wobble, Japanese music is “a million zillion miles away” from the Cantonese tunes that featured on his...
Reviewed by David Hutcheon in issue: July/2010
