Derek Gripper’s Music from Mali...
We are told that DerekGripper is the only guitarist in the world who can do justice to the complex, unique music of...
Spookpsalms, Piet Botha
Spookpsalms (2011) A weary effortlessness imbues Piet Botha’s first Afrikaans studio album for eight years. It’s...
Van Coke Kartel: Wie’s Bang
Only the very best bands can effortlessly blend the raw, angry veneer of powerful rock ’n roll with the complexity...
Mud Ensemble 1993 – 1999
Mud Ensemble hail from a time and mindspace when it was okay to take yourself seriously as a musician. Personnel...
Farryl Purkiss’ Fruitbats
The default comparison for Farryl Purkiss, much favoured by lazy music journalists, is Jack Johnson. This appears to...
Six Winters of Laurie Levine
Oh Brother, the opening track on Six Winters, is a sad, naked declaration of a stymied present and a mooted intent....
The Leopard
The less said about the food desert that is Johannesburg the better, and no, that’s not a spelling mistake. So I was...
Mr Cat and The Jackal
Think Gogol Bordello meets The Tiger Lilies, with a touch of Beirut, and you have a fair potted reference for the...
Taxi Violence: Long Way From Home
Taxi Violence: Long Way from Home (Unplugged) There have been a few snide remarks about the wisdom of doing an ...
Mooseknucklehead Music
Says it all, really. Mrs B The Milkshake Revolution “Your girlfriend is sweet/ your girlfriend likes to go down on...
aKing’s Red-blooded years
Sometimes, listening to an aKing song, I can’t help imagining that the vocalist is singing off a...
Sombre beauty from Black Hotels
There are very few wasted moments on a Black Hotels album. Every word means something necessary to the song and every...
