Reviews
BIM#1
Kicking off with an attention-grabbing holler before skittering into Afrobeat on the opening track ‘Destiny’, this fabulous debut showcases Benin's...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2019
Three Thin Dimes
Matt Gordon & Leonard Podolak with Bill Shanley
On Three Thin Dimes, acclaimed fiddler Matt Gordon, of the Fiddle Puppet Dancers band, and clawhammer specialist Leonard Podolak (best...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2013
This Land is Your Land
With a generous 50 tracks, this release is as good a retrospective as it is possible to squeeze onto two...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2011
One and All
For years The Fisherman’s Friends entertained their mates, holidaymakers and most of all themselves, by singing shanties every week in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
In Praise of Home
With this album, the powerhouse that is RURA had a difficult decision: what could fill the gap left by lead...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Black Eagle
Based in New Zealand’s musically-vibrant capital Wellington, singer Iva Lamkum boasts a Samoan-Chinese bloodline, but it’s difficult to identify all...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Nun te Vutà
Nun te Vutà (Don’t Turn Back) is the fourth recording by a brilliant outfit of north-eastern US residents, four of...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
The Adventures of Prince Ahmed
This CD/DVD combination is absolutely brilliant, not least for the restoration of this ground-breaking animated film by the German Film...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2013
El Fabuloso Sonido De Andrés Vargas Pinedo
The Peruvian Amazon was a hotbed of music in the 60s and 70s, but this collection makes it clear that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021
NO VISA
Globe-trotting producer Captain Planet calls his personal style ‘gumbo funk’ – all manner of flavours brought together and bubbled into...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2020
