Reviews
She & I
Following in the footsteps of the likes of Seth Lakeman and Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Kirsty Merryn is another...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Bulevar 2000
Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible
When the Tijuana DJs and musicians Ramón Amezcua (aka Bostich) and Pepe Mogt (aka Fussible) presented this album at the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2011
Yes We Can: Songs About Leaving Africa
Exile, and the pain of separation, have always inspired some great music and this cleverly conceived and refreshingly original compilation,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2010
Behave the Bravest
Can Nuala Kennedy really be celebrating ten years as a solo artist? It is hard to believe, but Behave the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2016
Vivir Sin Miedo
Concha Buika, a Spanish singer of Equatorial Guinean descent, walks a narrow, obstacle-strewn path between styles, cultures and languages. Sometimes...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016
Dogo Du Togo
This self-titled debut is the solo project of Serge Massama Dogo, Togolese founder of the Afropop band Elikeh. Born in...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2023
Compay Son con Pasión
At first glance this CD looks off-putting: the sleeve being reminiscent of a flier taped to the desk of a...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Hind Wheels of Bad Luck
In an era in which female folk voices are either breathy and virginal or histrionic and attention-seeking, Cath Tyler’s voice...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Apr/May/2010
Somebody Shake the Tree
Mihirangi has always trod a very independent musical path. Raised on the road with her musician parents, she’s a born...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013
