Reviews
Judgement Day
Following Wolverhampton and Wolverhampton in Dub, the Black Country's finest reggae outfit return with a new album and a modified...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2018
Ordinary Giants: A Life & Times 1918-2018
Robb Johnson is a remarkable singer-songwriter who won acclaim with 1997's Gentle Men, an album that used his grandfathers' lives...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2018
Opérette Volume 2
The subtitle of this delightful album, Chansons Marseillaises 1930-1940, suggests no obvious Jamaican link. Yet Moussu T was initially inspired...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2018
İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir
Gaye Su Akyol delivered a superb set at this year's WOMAD that focused strongly on the new songs that populate...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2018
Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles
There ought to be nothing surprising about an all-female mariachi band, but this particular branch of Mexican music has such...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018
A Cure for the Curious
This super-confident debut set from the masterful trio is unorthodox and fantastic. From the sharply abrupt end to opener ‘The...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2018
Dubcatcher 3: Flames Up!
The Russian-born, London-based DJ Vadim returns with another high-octane reggae volume under the pseudonym Dubcatcher. As with previous albums, the...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2018
Twenty Live!
As the title suggests, this album is a celebration of, and love-in for, the Welsh five-piece Mabon and the fans...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2018
Ragas on Saxophone
If this album contained anything other than ragas on saxophone any listener's disappointment would be understandable. Fortunately Phil Scarff delivers...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2018
