Reviews
The Treasure Isle Ska Albums Collection
The international popularity of ska launched Jamaica's music industry in the early 1960s and one of the big players on...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2019
Viajando Com O Som
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo Vice Versa
Widely regarded as Brazil's most preternaturally gifted musician, Hermeto Pascoal has covered an incredible amount of creative ground in his...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: December/2017
Bird's Nest
Their 2012 debut Waterbound and self-titled second album from two years later were both judged ‘Instrumental Album of the Year’...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Filament
In 2010, an American clarinettist began to compose original semi-classical Indian pieces for the clarinet. Under the tutelage of the...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2015
Cera Perdida
Since their inception a decade ago, Bogotá-based Colombian cumbia pioneers Frente Cumbiero have been a force to be reckoned with....
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2021
Dubbing with Anansi
Neil ‘Mad Professor’ Fraser returns with another dub album, a medium in which this apprentice of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry seems...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2015
Dedication
Palestine's first ever hip-hop group, DAM (meaning ‘It Lasted’ in Arabic) has finally reached Western shores with two of their...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: October/2017
Encore
Encore was recorded in 1965 at a live concert in New York and during informal home-recording sessions by producer Peter...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2021
Periphery
Priya Darshini is a US-based singer from South Asia who draws on an eclectic range of musical influences. This is...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2020
