Reviews
DNA
Expatriate life can widen an artist's range or dilute their roots, or perhaps both. The work of Flavia Coelho from...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Nēvēnek: Ground Music from Torba Province, Vanuatu
Previously known as the New Hebrides, Vanuatu is an archipelago of 82 volcanic islands, located in the Western Pacific's Coral...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
The Treasure Dub Albums Collection
When the gun-slinging ex-cop Duke Reid passed on in 1975, rival producer Sonia Pottinger acquired his legendary Treasure Isle studio...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Finding Friends Far from Home: A Journey with Clara Net
‘Tell us a story!’ kids chant on the opening track of this educational CD. What follows, though not quite a...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
The Loft Tapes
Sheffield-based Mishra were founded by Ford Collier and Kate Griffin using money from the first Christian Raphael prize to foster...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1
Awesome Tapes from Africa began its life as a record label with a reissue of Malian Wassoulou singer Nahawa Doumbia's...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Zipserim
At the Czech Music Crossroads conference in Ostrava, one of the most surprising and interesting groups was the Mojše Band...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Jūrėse
With its New Agey, Celtic feel, at times Jūrėse (meaning ‘In the Lagoon’, referencing his home region) sounds almost like...
Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Dancing on the Heads of Snakes
Orontes began as a Syrian-Spanish project in the city of Homs, but ceased to function when the catastrophic civil war...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
