Reviews
Colour by Number
Having grown up in Australia’s Northern Territory city of Darwin, singer-songwriter Leah Flanagan proudly claims a mixed multicultural heritage that...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Classic Recordings 1929-1949
While several early Hawaiian steel guitar players have had their recordings reissued over the years, until recently one important pioneer...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Tjukurpa: The Story/Kulila: The Remixes
With his own career somewhat overshadowed by the commercial success of other Aboriginal songmen like Archie Roach and the late...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
We Have Come to Testify
An important historical and political documentary album, this recording and the accompanying illustrative book are an intertwining of translated spoken-word...
Reviewed 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 in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Blue Lotus the Awakening
Mau Power (aka Patrick Mau) hails from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait – that chain of Australian islands between...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Holy Colony: Burning Acres
New Zealand Māori singer Troy Kingi has an ambitious idea of recording ten albums over ten years in ten different...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Milyakburra
Following on from her impressive 2016 debut EP Black Smoke, Emily Wurramara's first full album sees her continuing to grow...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Wawu
A Yalanji woman from Far North Queensland, singer Deline Briscoe has previously sung with her siblings in the Briscoe Sisters,...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Small Island Big Song
A little idea that's grown into a large project, Small Island Big Song is the brainchild of Australian sound producer...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
