Reviews
História do Choro
História do Choro is an ambitious, meticulous and well-executed journey through the history of an iconic Brazilian genre led by...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands
Nicky Bomba is one of Australia’s busiest musos. Whether drumming behind his roots guitarist brother-in-law John Butler, fronting the 26-piece...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012
Single Flame
This is the Derby– born singer’s follow-up to 2011’s Adelphi Has to Fly. Since then, she’s been part of the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013
We Know Where the Time Goes
Cut and paste is part and parcel of modern culture. What William S Burroughs did with print in the 1950s,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Django’s Spirit
The music Django Reinhardt recorded between 1933 and his death in 1953 has always been filed under jazz. Had the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010
17 Golden Greats
The liturgical chanting of the Tibetan monasteries is one of the great ‘endangered species’ of cultural preservation in Tibet, so...
Reviewed by Tom Hamilton in issue: October/2014
Vildaluodda/Wildprint
Hildá Länsman, a young vocalist from northern Finland's indigenous Sámi community, fuses traditional joik chant-singing with electronic pop in the...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: July/2019
Of the People
Audacious, in-yer-face eclecticism characterises this debut album from the Manchester quintet. Having changed their name from the questionable Project Jam...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018
Blak & Blu
Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer Kutcha Edwards is a big man with a big voice. A Mutti Mutti man, whose traditional country...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013
Hangszín
Mónika Lakatos and the Gipsy Voices
The Oláh Roma of Hungary are a minority within a minority, having moved to Hungary and other areas of Central...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2021
