Reviews
Odissea
The intrepid BandAdriatica have produced a sort of pan-Mediterranean album here, exploring the theme of migration, very visible in their...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2019
Beginner’s Guide to Latin America
‘Ay, caramba!’, how do you do a beginn¬er’s guide to the music of more than 30 countries, with more than...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2012
Medicine Songs
Buffy Sainte-Marie was one of the breakout stars of the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene. Not only was she...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
The Cycle
A deep contemporary African groove underpins this release – the first of album length from dance music experimentalists Raz &...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2023
Safe Passage
Fresh out of touring as bandleader for Pimps of Joytime, and a collaboration with CedricBurnside, multi-instrumentalist Brian J explores instrumental...
Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: January/2021
Songs from the Forest Soundtrack
Thirty years ago, the American musicologist Louis Sarno travelled to the Central African Republic to research the music of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2015
Nick Hart Sings Nine English Folk Songs
With a Ronseal matter-of-factness, this second album from Cambridgeshire folk singer Nick Hart does exactly what it says on the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2019
Nuba Nova
Hamdi Benani, Mehdi Haddab & Speed Caravan
Mehdi Haddab’s rai-punk outfit Speed Caravan have somewhat escaped my attention since their brilliant 2008 debut Kalashnik Love, but this...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Boom
Sometimes musical fusions just don’t work, and this is a prime example. Partnering the Spanish producer, and founder of Ojos...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2015
Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
This second album by the New York duo 75 Dollar Bill made the year-end ‘Best Of’ lists in several UK...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017
