Reviews
Judgement Day
Following Wolverhampton and Wolverhampton in Dub, the Black Country's finest reggae outfit return with a new album and a modified...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2018
Moving in the Dark
This ambitious album from British rapper Dizraeli and his bandmates, the Small Gods, resounds with heartfelt honesty, dry wit and...
Reviewed by Lilly Pollard in issue: June/2013
Kuetumbari
Guitarist Jeannot Bel is one of a handful of fine Congolese musicians based in the UK who are managing to...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2012
Trio Portaki
The well-regarded Martha Mavroidi Trio is comprised of Mavroidi on lafta (lute) and vocals, with Georgios Ventouris on bass and...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Songs from a Zulu Farm
Now in his 70 th year, Ladysmith’s indefat– igable founder Joseph Shabalala shows no signs of slowing down and continues...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Gerasonobu
At the age of 27, Elida Almeida is a high achiever: Gerasonobu is her fourth album and she is considered...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2021
Hope
Soweto Gospel Choir have hit on a winning formula that has brought them three Grammys and performances before president Obama...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2022
The Gloaming
Their live performances last summer positioned The Gloaming as one of the most exciting developments in Irish traditional music in...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2014
Arthur Verocai
The eponymous debut album of Arthur Verocai, originally released in 1972, is one of those albums that history quickly forgot...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2016
The Healing
BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness) return with an album of ‘music for the people, by the people, with the people.’...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2019
