Reviews
In Dub
Probably best known as one-half of New Zealand electronic duo Pitch Black, flame-haired producer/keyboardist Paddy Free has also twiddled the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Songs of Biboki
Reviewing music like this is a bit like trying to slap a star rating on someone's breathing – it's rather...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Apr/May/2012
Surya: Chants of Light
Vedic chanting – mantras sung in the original Sanskrit – is one of the most beautiful, stimulating, and transcendental musical...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2014
Child Ballads
Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
There's power in the aoss-traffic of Americans interpreting British traditional music, and vice versa. Bob Dylan's big early songs took...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
Togetherings
Afrobeat! It started in the West African tropics and blazed a trail almost as far as the Arctic… well, Finland,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2019
Planet Lam
Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band
The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band's second studio album sees the band move on from the rootsy molam music of...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Island Songs
Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2017
CAOIN
The debut album from one of Ireland’s most intriguing emerging talents, visual artist and vocalist Ceara Conway, CAOIN (Cry), clothes...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2022
Tromper le Temps
Having released seven records during their ten years together, Le Vent du Nord are clearly not short of inspiration. The...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2012
El Bueno y el Malo
Swiss-Ecuadorian guitar duo Hermanos Gutiérrez make their intentions clear from the first twang of heavily-reverbed guitar. Sitting somewhere between Tarantino...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: January/February/2023
