Reviews
One Love, One Life
Despite being an unremarkable figure during reggae's golden era in the 70s, Beres Hammond has created a contemporary two-disc album...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013
Cause ‘N Affect
Born of a Tongan father and a Kamilaroi Aboriginal mother, Sydney-based singer David Leha had a troubled childhood, and wound...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2015
Brooklyn-Cumaná
New York has long been the hub of Latin-Saxon musical collaborations. Jorge Clem is a Latin Grammy winner and Grammy-nominated...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/February/2023
Oro
Grammy-nominated darlings Choc Quib Town are the real deal: a trio who preserve the heritage of such traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
The Liberty to Choose
The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, compiled by Ralph Vaughan Williams and A L Lloyd, was published in 1959....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Tarkat Tajje – Let’s Go
Our education in the music of the nomadic peoples of the Sahara has advanced rapidly in the years since Tinariwen...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010
A Chant About the Beauty of the Moon at Night: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters 1913-1921
With Spanish guitars having been well established in the Hawaiian islands since the mid-1800s, local 16-year-old guitarist Joseph Kekuku is...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2022
Tafrigh Vol 1
Tafrigh cannot be categorised easily. Rooted in different musical genres and styles, it is a mesmerising post-modern mixture of bizarre...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: July/2022
Birds Requiem
Just how many jazz oud recordings does the world really need? While there certainly is a shared tradition of improvisation...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2014
This Unknown Science
The lithe, crystalline soprano voice of Emma Beaton is the first thing that stands out when you listen to This...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
