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