Subtitled ‘an eclectic selection of music from the Arab world,' the majority of the tracks on this compilation come from...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The filmmaker and broadcaster Don Letts first found fame as the ‘Rebel Dread’ DJ who introduced punks to reggae at...
Reviewed by David Katz in issue: December/2021
Norwegian guitarist and singer Juni Habel caused a quiet stir with her debut, with some quarters likening her to Nick...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2023
Scottish postman Nathan Evans was the ‘Wellerman’ who kicked off TikTok’s shanty craze, but Bristol’s Longest Johns are not far...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2022
The Catskill Mountains-based band led by Mike Meranda (vocals, guitar, banjo) and Ruthy Ungar (vocals, fiddle, ukulele) do a very...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2015
Bored on tour, singer and concertina player Ben Nicholls idly picked up a book called The Missionary Trail. He grew...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Kora player, percussionist, singer, composer, griot and a half-brother of Seckou Keita, Susso has recorded with Norway’s Kristin Asbjornsen Trio,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022
Canada's Adrian Raso won international prominence when he got together with Romanian brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia in 2014 to create...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Remastered and reissued for this year's Record Store Day in April, and now available on vinyl as well as on...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2018
Hunger of the Skin finds Flook flautist Brian Finnegan putting COVID-19 lockdown purdah to scintillating use with a firing-on-all-cylinders set....
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2021
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