Reviews
Another Mississippi Sunday Morning
Recorded by inmates of Mississippi’s Parchman Prison alongside Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan, this album picks up where 2023’s Some Mississippi...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2025
Nací Mestizo
Intertextuality is not a common word to introduce a review of dance music, but it is everywhere in this second...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2025
Tremendo Caché
Re-released and remastered on vinyl for its 50th anniversary, Tremendo Caché marked the second of a string of collaborations between...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2025
Hyldon JID023
Younge’s output is so prolific that it must be difficult to maintain the quality, especially when he plays virtually all...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: June/2025
Froggy’s Demise
EZRA is what you get when a group of ridiculously talented musicians combine all of the different “grasses” – bluegrass,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2025
Zungguzungguguzungguzeng!
Back in 1983, two years after the death of Bob Marley, Yellowman was the most successful performer in Jamaica. Born...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024
Cumulus Spores
Masters of reimagined improvised music, Ana Kravanja and Samo Kutin might be better known for their excellent work as Širom...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: July/2020
Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions
The friendship between Seu Jorge and Rogê goes back 25 years when the two aspiring musicians met at a gig...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020
Live From Festival au Desert Timbuktu
As anyone who has made the annual trip to northern Mali knows, the Festival in the Desert is a unique...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
Saudade
The North American duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton have long mixed world music flavours into their electronic dance...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
