Reviews
Tangos
Rubén Blades is good at lots of things: singing, acting, writing salsa hits, being Panama's tourism minister, campaigning (against Sun...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Friel Sisters
Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel were born and brought up in Glasgow, but the music they play is Irish. Their...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Calypso: Musical Poetry in the Caribbean 1955-69
This joyous compilation aims to demonstrate calypso's pre-ska popularity across the Caribbean region and beyond. The first calypso recordings were...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Long Time… Seldom Scene
After four decades, The Seldom Scene is a band showing no signs of wavering enthusiasm or wandering from their chosen...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
This is How We Fly
The eponymously titled debut from Dublin-based four-piece is a singular, stylish and somewhat startling proposition. Originally brought together for the...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Al Qantara
Majid Bekkas is a Moroccan multi-instrumentalist who has previously explored the meeting points between Maghrebi Gnawa music and the blues....
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2014
Underwater Dub
Listening to this album I immediately asked myself a question: who in the world needs another dub album in 2014?...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014
Mali Overdrive
Yet another Malian artist caught up in the unrest that has recently destabilised his country, Anansy Cissé hails from the...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2014
Fomenta
Tambourine player, singer and composer Antonio Castrignanò determinedly pursues a cutting-edge makeover of Salento's traditional music. This joint musical adventure...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2014
Goodness
Since quitting legendary reggae outfit The Gladiators in 1987, Clinton Fearon hasn’t changed much. Instead, his Seattle-based Boogie Brown Band...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2014
