Reviews
Tales of Mozambique
Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari
As curators of the excellent 100% Dynamite series, Soul Jazz introduced many to the lesser-known wonders of Jamaican music. On...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2016
Not So Deep as a Well
For Québec-based musician, Myriam Gendron, it started with a book – a 1936 anthology of the poetry of Dorothy Parker,...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/February/2024
The Louder the Better
The sixth studio album from Glasgow’s ‘Raggamuffin Queen’ is further proof that Soom T is a prolific singer-songwriter with a...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2023
Terry Riley in C Irish
1960s’ minimalist guru Terry Riley’s quixotic masterpiece ‘In C’ filtered through the prism of Irish traditional music? On paper it...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2024
Uddevalla
Glasgow-based singer and fiddle player Collier’s debut album Uddevalla is a strikingly global and atmospheric selection of songs and tunes...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/2024
Compter les dents
The 11 songs on this superbly performed set are drawn from something many of us have handled in our lives:...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2025
Chak Chak Chak Chak
What Captain Beefheart was to the blues, Julián Mayorga is to cumbia. His latest album, Chak Chak Chak Chak, is...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: February/March/2025
Woven
The first album from the highly talented Northumbrian singer and flautist Sarah Hayes starts very promisingly. ‘The Fell Line’ is...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
