Reviews
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
Rhythms of Azerbaijani Dances
This is the latest in Felmay’s series of Azerbaijani music that focuses on folk and dance repertoire, and it features...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
