Reviews
Dakar-Kingston
Baaba Maal claimed many years ago that the reggae rhythm was derived from the hypnotic, centuries-old sound of West African...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2010
Domestic Eccentric
As the title suggests, Domestic Eccentric is mostly a record about home and family. Fittingly enough, it was recorded at...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2015
The Voice of the Tantra
When I travelled to Tibet in 2005 to record liturgical music, many monasteries were in ruins after their destruction during...
Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: July/2016
Tants Caps, Tants Joguets
‘Everybody fancies a nice pork pie,’ claims the chorus of ‘Tiny Kitchen’, sung by a duo of guest vocalists known...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Sovereign
Beginning with ‘Halfway Around the World’, this gathering of sidemen to the stars (British art-rocker Brian Auger, Elvis Costello drummer...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2021
Rabbits Motel
It’s plainly a good thing that more young Americans are making and buying recordings of Americana. But there’s also no...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: July/2013
Namaste
With song titles like ‘Transcendental Consciousness’, ‘Brhama-Vishnu-Shiva’ [sic] and ‘Om Shanti’, we are clearly in California meets India territory. Rahul...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
It’s a Good, Good Thing: The Latin Soul of Fania Records
Fania Records was started by Dominican musician Johnny Pacheco in 1964 with the idea of getting Latin recordings made by...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022
