Reviews
A Year of Swimming
From the off, the latest release from the incredible instrumentalist drops you into his utterly unique African guitar cosmos. For...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: May/2020
University of Gnawa
Aziz Sahmaoui is a marakchi – not a broad-brimmed crooner of Mexican love songs, but a native of Marrakech in...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Fiere
Meaning friend or companion, Fiere is the result of an initial collaboration between Joy Dunlop, long established as one of...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012
New Anything
Leveret are a squeezebox trio: Sam Sweeney on fiddle and viola; Rob Harbron on English concertina; and Andy Cutting on...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2015
Life’s What You Make It
In 2018, Lush co-founder Mark Constantine released a triple-vinyl set, Self Preservation Society, featuring new versions of classic rock/pop from...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022
Remixed
Luisa Maita debuted last year with the delicious Lero Lero, an album which this publication described as ‘dreamy an d...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2011
Bite the Bullet
Of all the retro bands out there, from Tokyo to New York, the nutty London boys of Madness probably did...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2016
Siren Serenade
This is the debut album from another young artist to emerge from the vibrant and experimental English folk scene. Ben...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2017
Brasilianos 3
With the other albums in this series, it was hard not to be impressed by the sheer virtuosity on offer...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
From Africa With Fury: Rise
Last year, Femi Kuti made the finest album of his career with Africa For Africa [reviewed in #73], a back-to-basics...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2011
