Reviews
Awakening
The Tibetan singer and composer has been in exile from her birth land for over 30 years. Awakening is her...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2022
Weave
Jaywalkers are a young trio from Rochdale and Cheshire, not hitherto known for being crucibles of bluegrass music. Jay Bradberry...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2015
Guzo
It's not often that one is greeted by such a strong debut, so effortlessly shot through with intelligence and creativity....
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man
Whatever the line-up, vocal harmony group The Ethiopians have always been the vehicle of Leonard Dillon. A convert to Rastafarianism,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018
Au Bout du Petit Matin
Tao Ravao is a Madagascan-born musician with a French father and Malagasy mother whose family name he uses professionally. He...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2017
Isle of Magic
Who are Mop Mop? It appears they are a multi-instrumental Italian seven-piece who have a passion for African diaspora music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013
Two Friends, One Century of Music
In August 2015 the two great names of tropicália – Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil – performed an all-acoustic set...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: May/2016
Heard a Long Gone Song
Lisa O'Neill won plaudits in the folk world for her 2016 debut Pothole in the Sky. This led to her...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019
