Reviews
To Måner
Valkyrien Allstars are hot property in Norway and they’re beginning to spread their fiery folk–rock outside the Norwegian borders. At...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2010
Back to Peru Vol II
Any illusion that it was only the US, UK and parts of Europe that properly embraced rock in the 1960s...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2010
Éthiopiques 24: Golden Years of Ethiopian Music 1969-1975
If the news that there are two new volumes of the magnificent, hugely influential and spectacularly long– running Ethiopiques series...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Apr/May/2010
Panic Grass & Fever Few
Ian King of England – it has an old–money ring to it – is a Barnsley–born singer and stonewaller. The...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010
All In One
Bebel Gilberto clearly craves crossover success. She's made a decent fist of achieving it too, with 2000's electronica–enhanced Tanto Tempo...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Apr/May/2010
Borders and Bailes
There’s no getting away from it, it’s a bad name for a band. But spicing up the genre of conjunto...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2010
In Full Flight
Having taken a five– year gap between his first two albums and forced us to endure a three–year wait, no...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Apr/May/2010
25th Anniversary Celebration
As someone unfortunately old enough to remember the worst extravagances of progressive rock and some appalling collaborations with the classical...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2010
Rammeslag II
Daniel Sandén-Warg & Sigurd Brokke
As I write, the nominees of the Spellemannprisen, Norway’s Grammy awards, have just been announced. In the category of Best...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2010
