Reviews
Beware the Fetish
The Kinshasa collective's second album is a follow-up to their 2008 debut, uniting the approaches of five ethnic groups. It's...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
May
You may well have seen and enjoyed The Sweet Lowdown on their first UK tour recently. They’re an award-winning, all-female...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Imaginarium
As the daughter of one of the Assad Brothers, a world-beating Brazilian classical guitar duo, it's perhaps no surprise that...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Morning Key
Although their 2012 debut, Way on Up the Hill, was impressive enough to garner acclaim from the likes of Bob...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Revival
Bellowhead's Revival begins, typically, with a couple of sea shanties, ‘Let Her Run’ and ‘Roll Alabama’. The calls and responses...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Baladi Blues Reloaded
Baladi music lies at the root of Arab pop music. It's a popular Egyptian style that developed during the 1920s,...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Metta
Damian Helliwell, better known as a member of Gaelic Dàimh, has launched his new project, Metta, in collaboration with a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Whiskey Cambodia
For their third album, Cambodian Space Project have traversed the Pacific and landed in the Motor City, to team up...
Reviewed by Edward Craggs in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Live à L’Étoile
Dexter Johnson & Le Super Star de Dakar
Although born in Nigeria, saxophonist Dexter Johnson was a seminal figure in Senegalese music. He wound up in pre-independence Dakar...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
