Reviews
Hinamarama
In 1997 at age 13 Aotearoa, New Zealand Māori songstress Maisey Rika was featured performing traditional songs (waiata) with her...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Celebration
Like many of their Oceanic compatriots, ever since their 2013 debut California-based quartet Common Kings have managed to craft a...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Mokuy
Two years on from their exquisite self-titled 2021 debut album (five stars in #172), the Hand To Earth ensemble –...
Reviewed in issue March/2024
Songs From Walking with Spirits
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
The re-release of this 2007 album showcases an extraordinary collaboration that brought together Aboriginal songmen with other Australian musicians. It...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
ORO, PLATA, MATA
An artist who has often dealt with issues of self-identity, gender and race, Mo’Ju (formerly Mojo Juju) has always been...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Call of the Whipbird
SUBSET (aka Karl Muller) is a New Zealand-born musician/producer/photographer, who has been based in Australia for 20 years. Working out...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
Ol Sing Blong Plantesen (Plantation Songs)
This unique collection of songs chronicles a sad 40-year period of Pacific history, from 1860 to the turn of the...
Reviewed in issue July/2023
One Voice
An 11-piece band from the small indigenous community of Baniyala, situated on Blue Mud Bay in the Top End’s Gulf...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2023
