Reviews
The True Story of Bananagun
Put on your sunglasses and your fringed jackets, turn on the lava lamp, mix yourself a martini, let out a...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020
Turn Up the Heat
Stalwart reggae promoters Reggae Roast release a killer selection of dancehall on renowned label Trojan Reloaded. Turn Up the Heat...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2020
Jola: Hidden Gnawa Music in Brussels
A label, venue, and performing arts foundation, Muziekpublique's latest release focuses on Brussels’ population of Gnawa musicians, which numbers some...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020
Tall Tales in Tiny Pieces
Tailcoat are my new favourite band. Tall Tales in Tiny Pieces is the debut album from this Danish/Swedish five-piece who...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020
Basta de Música
Context can be an important factor when it comes to music. Buscaglía's parents were part of a scene that helped...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2020
Migrant Birds
Hasan and Rami Nakhleh are two brothers who live in a village in the Golan Heights, the plateau that was...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2020
Bërbili
Situated at the nexus of the Romantic and Slavic worlds, yet with their roots in Albania, the songs of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2020
The New Mine
Soon after he’d formed Matthews Southern Comfort, ex-Fairport Convention singer songwriter Iain Matthews enjoyed a million-selling No 1 hit in...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2020
Hether Blether
Named after one of the vanishing islands from his native Orkney's folklore, the final album in composer Erland Cooper's trilogy...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2020
