Reviews
World of Pixinguinha
Hamilton de Holanda is a fantastically accomplished musician. As a player of the bandolin (15-stringed lute) there are probably none...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2015
Not One but Another
Andy Kirkham is a British, Norfolk-based folk guitar player and songwriter. His fifth solo album is a reflective affair, consisting...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2015
Go Slow to Lagos
As the album's title suggests, there's a marked Nigerian Afrobeat feel to this Benin crew's latest, as well as a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2015
Encores
How the mighty fall. Charles Aznavour is one of the last remaining French icons from an era where only the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: October/2015
Redux: Anthology 1978-2015
After two game-changing albums with his mate Johnny Rotten's post-Sex Pistols band Public Image Ltd, John Wardle, aka Jah Wobble,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2015
Uptown Top Ranking
VP Records here present a comprehensive guide to Byron Lee, a bandleader and producer whose appeal grew from the tastes...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2015
Time Ashore
Sheffield-based 20-something Kirsty Bromley began her personal musical journey singing in choirs, then played in brass bands and danced with...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2015
Colors of Brazil
One of Brazil's most unclassifiable bands is back with a major international release. Bringing together Cabruêra's two most recent albums...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2015
Roll Up the Night Sky
Canadian Dana Sipos has one of those voices usually described in words such as ethereal, ghostly, pastoral or ‘almost identical...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2015
