Reviews
On The Road Again
Begun as a Bob Marley tribute band back in 1997, Katchafire have long flown the flag for Kiwi roots-reggae. Based...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Halleli N'Dakarou
This autumn's surprise from Africa comes from Banjul in the Gambia, in the shape of a band who are described...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
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Gore (Burning)
RUTA is an anarchic project that reveals a little-known violent aspect of Polish history. The album's sub-title Songs of Rebellion...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Aam Zameen: Common Ground
This really shouldn't work. Take the opening track, ‘Musst Musst’, made famous by the classic version by Nusrat Fateh Ali...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Dreaming
Though her star turn at the recent Scotland versus Brazil football friendly didn't, alas, garner her nearly as much press...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Doors at Eight
Peter Knight is the fiddle player in Steeleye Span but, since those folk– rock pioneers have been ploughing the same...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Mercato
It only took one minute for the Imperial Tiger Orchestra's debut album to prove its worth to this critic. It...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Canti & Musica: Anthology of Profane Songs and Music
On Corsica the human voice reigns supreme, rooted in a polyphonic tradition revived on a wave of nationalism, the riacquistu...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
