Reviews
Honkytonk Heartbreaker
This is the second full-length album by New Brunswick, Nova Scotia-based bluegrass barnstormers The Backyard Devils. Released in the US...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2017
Politiki
As a guitarist and singer-songwriter who worked alongside the great Ali Farka Touré and Afel Bocoum, Mamadou Kelly is practically...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2017
New Jazz Musette
Plenty of artists venerate and emulate Astor Piazzolla. His distinctive signature sound, prolific output and long career left a huge...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2017
On the Spot
The Hot 8 Brass Band have experienced more hard times than most of us can ever imagine: gun-toting gangs and...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2017
The Original Sound of Mali
The dance band craze of the 1970s saw groups from all over West Africa putting their own spin on Latin...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2017
Do Primeiro Fado Ao Último Tango
‘From the First Fado to the Last Tango’ is a Best Of set celebrating Mísia’s 25 years as a recording...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: May/2017
Beneath the Surface
The latest release from Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer-songwriter Kutcha Edwards further expands his repertoire of heartfelt songs, delivered with honesty and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: May/2017
Studio One Rocksteady 2
Soul Jazz’s second excursion into the vaults of Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One productions searches for the blissful sounds of the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2017
