Tag: roots
Various Artists/Sonia Pottinger: Hits Of ’77 – album review
Various Artists/Sonia Pottinger - Hits Of '77 Doctor Bird 2CD/DL Released 14th February 2020 Rare Sonia Pottinger-produced album that brought together some of the big reggae hit songs...
Linval Thompson & The Revolutionaries – Negra Love Dub/Outlaw Dub –...
Linval Thompson & The Revolutionaries - Negra Love Dub/Outlaw Dub Doctor Bird CD/DL Released 15th November 2019 Twofer combining two Linval Thompson-helmed Trojan Records dub albums from the...
Rag Mama Rag interview ahead of their 2019 fall UK tour
Ahead of their fall UK tour, Rag Mama Rag were kind enough to answer Louder Than War's questions. How did Rag Mama Rag came to...
Various: The Linval Thompson Roots Albums Collection – album review
Various - The Linval Thompson Roots Albums Collection Doctor Bird 2CD/DL Released 11th October 2019 New collection that brings together three late 70s albums produced by Linval Thompson,...
Horace Andy: Fiddlers, Bristol – live review
Horace Andy
Fiddlers, Bristol
28 June 2019 The best quavering voice in roots reggae entrances a hot Bristol crowd. Elfyn Griffith cools out to Horace Andy... Part of...
LIVE
40 years ago R.E.M. played their first ever gig : our man was there and here is his review
In the early hours of the evening, several hundred people gathered around a collapsing episcopal church, only a short walk away from the university's main entrance.
INTERVIEWS
Children of the State – Interview
Lily Martin interviews Yorkshire favourites Children of the State, finding out what's in store for their latest release Big Sur, and how COVID-19 is impacting the music industry.
NEWS
An Evening with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein from Blondie – In Conversation Tour News
******** NEW DATES RESCHEDULED *********
November 2020
Mon 16 - London Palladium*
Weds 18 - Birmingham Town Hall*
Fri 20...
MEDIA
Kwaidan – film review
Kwaidan (1964)
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Rentarō Mikuni, Keiko Kishi, Kazuo Nakamura
Run time: 183 mins
Format: Blu-ray
Language: Japanese (with optional...
FESTIVALS
Dark Music Days (Myrkir Músíkdagar), Iceland – festival review
Dark Music Days (Myrkir Músíkdagar)
Reykjavik, Iceland
26 January to 4 February 2020 Reykjavík's Dark Music Days midwinter festival has...
