Reviews
Vieilles Caniques et Nouvelles Caniques
Stanley Brinks & the Old-Time Kaniks
Indie-folk is often terrible: a ham-fisted, middle-of-the-road mush of xylophones and ukuleles that is unashamedly twee and contrivedly cute. Thankfully,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2017
Made in Africa
The KutiMangoes started with a simple musical goal in mind: Fela Kuti meets Charles Mingus. Such giants in their field...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2017
Running Away With the Circus
The Trans-Siberian March Band's line-up is the expected Balkan spread of clarinets, trumpets, trombones, and alto saxophone, but with a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2017
Innocent Road
Hitting the ‘play’ button is like cranking up a time machine set to Grand Ole Oprycirca 1960. The easy-chugging strains...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2017
Salsa Vintage
Based in the Netherlands since 1992, Venezuelan percussionist Gerardo Rosales has played with such big-hitters as Oscar D’León, Jimmy Bosch,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2017
Damar
The almost presidential aura exuded by the Bosnian and Herzegovinian singer and humanitarian in the monochrome photo that graces the...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2017
Momentum
The third album from these three Flemish brothers finds them building impressively on the success of previous offerings Modus Operandi...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2017
Trail of Tales
This is the fifth album released by the award-winning Canadian acoustic roots quintet since 2000. Trail of Tales features a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2017
Gunfan Yellem!
‘East meets West’ is a common theme within world music fusions, but it's rare to hear one like this: Damakase's...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2017
