Reviews
Total Reggae: Chart Hits
Total Reggae enters the Jamaican compilation market at the post-rocksteady age, choosing to dedicate the majority of its series to...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2013
Jamaica Folk Trance Possession: Mystic Music from Jamaica, Roots of Rastafari 1939-1961
This two-CD set is no less than a historic document, among the most important anthologies of Jamaican audio ever assembled....
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2013
In the Land of Cameroon
Put aside any preconceptions you might have about field recordings.This collection of tracks by amateur musicians and singers is highly...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2013
OneZero
On April 6 this year, Sawhney recorded an unplugged session before a live audience direct to vinyl, without the safety...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013
Aw Sa Yone Vol 1
This is a breathtaking release from the Greece-based label Teranga Beat, one of the small specialist Record labels that unearth...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2013
Fossils
There has been an enormous buzz around Fossils, the solo debut album by Aoife O’Donovan. The hype is understandable, given...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
Message on the Wind
Thursday Island is a small place – only 3.5 square kilometres in size – lying off the northern tip of...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2013
Reise
If further proof were needed that some of the best new music inspired by tradition is currently coming out of...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2013
La Alianza Profana
There is little difference between the way Dengue Dengue Dengue! make music and the way A Guy Called Gerald or...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2013
Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 5
If you’re one of those people for whom vintage Brazilian music never grows old, Nicola Conte’s annual collections of rare...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2013
