Reviews
Beat Down Babylon
Kerrie ‘Junior’ Byles was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1948 and developed into one of reggae’s foremost voices, initially as...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2020
Paradise Cinema
Portico Quartet’s Jack Wyllie recorded this album in Dakar, Senegal, influenced by the sound of mbalax that played until six...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2020
The Night Out
The Night Out is the debut album of this Southampton-based quartet, whose music is firmly rooted in the English and...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2020
ELLA
La Dame Blanche is Yaite Ramos Rodriguez, daughter of Jesús ‘Aguaje’ Ramos, trombonist and musical director of the Buena Vista...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020
Ikivirta
Finnish-French composer Sarah Palu chose to release this, her debut, as a download code hidden within a bar of vegan...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2020
Time Does Not Exist for Light
One shouldn’t have to begin by pointing out that sitar player Josh Feinberg is American, but non-Indian sitarists of this...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2020
Acid Croft Vol 9
For 30 years Shooglenifty have been rocking, shaking and Shoogling the Scots trad music scene. Acid Croft Vol 9 marks...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2020
The Birth and Death of Stars
MZAZA are a six-piece band with an Australian-European line-up and an aesthetic that recalls the free-spirited romanticism of Lhasa de...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020
