Reviews
Las Olas de Niebla
Virtuoso guitar player and composer Eduardo Niebla has a 40-year history of genre-crossing collaboration behind him and his latest offering...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: July/2019
Hand to Play
The Seattle-based guitarist and singer Eli West is well-known for his old-time Americana duo with fellow singer Cahalen Morrison. West's...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2019
Singing it All Back Home
Naomi Bedford has a distinctive voice, opening up like a tea rose, with its own colour and fragrance. On her...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019
Au Cube
Alasdair Roberts, Neil McDermott & Tartine de Clous
The latest release from the prolific Scots folk singer Alasdair Roberts is a live recording documenting gigs he played at...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2019
Reggae Mandela
In the 1980s, reggae singers began issuing songs either damning South Africa's apartheid government or praising the then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2019
Beats of Zion
Since the tragic murder of Lucky Dube, the Ghanaian-born Dawuni has emerged as Africa's premier reggae artist and earned a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2019
Just Dennis/Deep Down
Despite being dubbed ‘The Crown Prince of Reggae’ by Bob Marley, Dennis Brown's success in Jamaica never led to international...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2019
Central African Republic: Gbáyá Music – Thinking Songs
The Gbáyá are one of the largest ethnic groups in an area spanning the border of the Central African Republic...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2019
