Reviews
Dusa
Monika Wierzbicka is no newcomer to the Polish music scene. Active since the early 2000s, she co-founded a pop band...
Reviewed by Michał Wieczorek in issue: March/2024
Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune is a concept album that hits like a comic book punch. The psychedelic hard-rock of French group PoiL proves...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2024
Mokuy
Two years on from their exquisite self-titled 2021 debut album (five stars in #172), the Hand To Earth ensemble –...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024
The Father of Libyan Reggae
Often artists may be hailed as originators of a certain musical style when actually, it’s a matter of taste and/or...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2023
Black Beauty
Originally released on the Soweto label back in 1975, Black Beauty is a classic album of early South African township...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2023
Guajiro Sonero
José Alberto, nicknamed ‘The Nightingale’ to distinguish him from the other José Alberto, ‘The Canary’, is from Bayamo in Eastern...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2023
Me Chama de Gato Que Eu Sou Sua
A pleasant surprise that the ‘electric chicken’ follows up their Latin Grammy-nominated second LP with an album full of upbeat...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: December/2023
Sones de Mariachi
Mariachi music, removed from the mezcal-sipping, ant-eating cantinas of its homeland, still has the power to entertain and surprise. Its...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2024
Diamond Days
Diamond Days may be his first solo album in four years but Brooks Williams is no slouch. Since 2020’s Work...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2024
Martin Carthy
This seminal 1965 debut from the godfather of the 60s English folk revival is reissued on vinyl as part of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2024
