Reviews
Istanbul
Given that Frankfurt DJ and producer Shantel had already gone to his ancestral home in the old borderlands of the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Poison Fruit
Poison Fruit is an electric, groove-based collage of Brazilian vibes. As an unorthodox take on Brazilian music, this album could...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019
From Kinshasa
When the much-lauded Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili imploded in early 2013, at the height of their global fame, that...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2015
Ambuya!
Piranha Records have delved into their archives, looked in the ‘1987’ box and recovered the record that started it all...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021
Wild and Free
Despite the passing of reggae legend Bob Marley over two decades ago, his family legacy lives on. On top of...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Yeshi Dolma
Tenzin Choegyal, Katherine Philp & Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra
Yeshi Dolma is the culmination of ten years of collaboration between Tenzin Choegyal from Tibet and Australian Katherine Philp. They...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: June/2022
Rosa del Sud
In his wanderings through the poetic and sonic landscapes of the Mediterranean, re-imagining the historical and cultural bedrock of his...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: November/2015
The Springtime Fool
Their catchy folk-pop choruses and carefree vagabond spirit recall The Levellers at their best. But there is much more to...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Stambeli: The Legacy of the Black Tunisians
The heavy clacking of the qaraqab (iron castanets) and the hypnotising melodies of the gimbri (three-stringed lute) make it easy...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2011
Reggae Golden Jubilee: Origins of Jamaican Music – 50th Anniversary
Hot on the heels of Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music (reviewed in #88) comes this 100-track box-set,...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: March/2013
