Reviews
En Kötü Iyi Olur
Turkish trio Lalalar are a pretty convincing example of how oppression can cause unruly bursts of refusenik artistic expression. The...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2023
The Wait
Staples on the Australian music scene since the 1980s, when they were prominently featured in The Black Sorrows band, Aussie-Tongan...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022
I've Forgotten Now Who I Used to Be
The producer Ian Brennan has for some years been on a mission to give a platform to the voices of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021
Down in Washington Square
A seminal figure in the American folk renaissance of the late 1950s and early 60s, Dave Van Ronk was a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014
Island Songs
Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2017
Apollo You Sixteen
‘Progressive world music’ is how this Belgium-based 40-year-old autodidact describes his latest album, which fuses flamenco with folk, garage, classical...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Where the Galleon Sank
Canadian calypso singer Drew Gonsalves’ latest Kobo Town album reflects a deepening love of Trinidad and Tobago's music and culture....
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: June/2018
Go Slow to Lagos
As the album's title suggests, there's a marked Nigerian Afrobeat feel to this Benin crew's latest, as well as a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2015
