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The title may be clichéd, but if any musician deserves such an accolade, it's Djivan.
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ABC123 is hardly a giant step forward for electronica – more of a mildly engaging...
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The Queen of 'neo-soul' returns with another great album.
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Mk.2 of Dakar's finest just keep getting better...
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...a delightfully dreamy, drifting piece that rewards repeated listens and encourages...
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An hour later, you’ll be wanting to press replay.
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Friend of Gram Parsons, alt country icon and all-round wonderful singer. Emmylou's...
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After 50 minutes, the dark, angst-ridden tone of much of Yes, U is a bit difficult to...
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In short, this is one hell of a comeback.
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La Radiolina sounds like a partially successful attempt to bridge the gap between the...
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Texan power pop? Lovely!
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Natalie merchant and her band's greatest moment.
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A Glastonbury favourite gets his first album re-appraised.
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Their music might be ‘tango always’ but this time the tangents they take are in...
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...This is a fabulous retro adventure from start to finish.
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...It’s their way with slightly sinister rhyming couplets that really stands out
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This is one of those rare albums that can be listened to as a single piece of music.
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...turned them into one of the biggest bands on the planet...
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...widely considered one of their most seminal albums...
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...a lean and highly engaging set.
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Roger Water's tribute to Syd - the recording was attended by Syd himself!
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...A welcome and overdue return.
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'Zamazu' is a deftly varied and well-sequenced set that leaves a strong impression of...
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'Slightly Sorry' reveals its charms only gradually, but with time emerges as an...
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All in all, 'My Name Is Buddy' is easier to admire than actually enjoy.
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All in all, a superlative reissue.
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As ‘difficult’ third albums go, this disc by the guitar-toting desert blues rebels...
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This Mexican American fiddler and singer/songwriter is best known for her inspired...
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The arrangements are varied and imaginative, in places quite jazz-inflected.
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First album in four years from Rosanne Cash documents the loss of her father, mother...
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This album is the culmination of a decade of Friday night jam sessions at Bamako's...
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It's the atmospheric use of ambient 'found sounds' and occasional novel instruments...
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It works a lot better than the recent feeble attempts at rap fusions by Gotan Project,...
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A well sequenced selection of top quality grooves that takes the pulse of 21st century...
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O'Connor lets the tunes speak for themselves, varying the arrangements with subtle...
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There's absolutely no doubt that tango is in very good hands, with artists of this...
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...beautifully crafted, yearning music with a strong emotional undertow...
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Veirs' slightly spooked voice conveys a strong sense of place, especially when she...
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Best known for his mid-eighties work with cowpunk tearaways The Scorchers, Jason...
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'..its hard to fault this superlative and long overdue re-issue, which commemorates a...
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Colvin has been labelled as one of the 'children of Joni', and freely admits to a...
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The loping interplay of euphonium, trumpet, sax and trombone on 'Segala', and the...
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'I can think of few better ways to spend an hour than with this, one of the very...
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..whether you're new to his music or not, there's no mistaking the broad appeal of his...
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It sounds like an established partnership made in heaven, demonstrating the kind of...
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More rarities from the archives documenting the early career of Britfolk's most...
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With all the fuss about Glasgow's rock scene dominating the UK media, it's refreshing...
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This tasteful and varied selection of largely traditional Irish songs puts her in the...
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'Tékitoi? is largely top-notch original material co-written by Taha with Hillage and...
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Among the more ambitious and radical post-millennial takes on the genre.
