Reviews
Utopia
This is the Russian band Markscheider Kunst’s fifth album and for my money their least satisfying. Which is ironic considering...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2010
Sad Songs About the End of Love
The Israel-born self-proclaimed ‘psychedelic folk singer-songwriter’ presents a collection of James Joyce poems about heartbreak, set to original melody and...
Reviewed by Jahnavi Harrison in issue: June/2016
Ionia
Like so many of their contemporaries on the 21st-century roots scene, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys shuffle through a gamut...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Moda Velha
During the 20th century Portugal was under the gloomy spell of one of the world's longest dictatorships – highly conservative...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2016
Gitana Mora
This new release from La Banda Morisca comes with an attractive 35-page booklet (in Spanish only) containing florid journalism along...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: October/2020
Nigeria Soul Fever
All but two of the 16 tracks here were recorded between 1977 and 1980 at the height of the disco...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016
King'n'Doom
The core of King'n'Doom is Czech production and multi-instrumentalist duo Pavel Šmíd and Martin Piro, but the real heart of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2020
The Endless Coloured Ways
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
There is a new biography of Nick Drake out on the shelves, and this double set comprises 23 covers of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2023
Em Cantos de Òrìsà
A post-graduate in Afro-Brazilian history and culture from the Federal University of Bahia, Irma Ferreira is not only an academic...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2023
