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Album Review

Feel it with Leon John’s new album
Friday
/ 8 November 2022

Feel it with Leon John’s new album

The musician reunites us with our truest feelings with his new album, ‘Licence to Feel’

By Zanta Nkumane
Album review: ‘Indaba Is’, a rite of remembrance
Friday
/ 9 March 2021

Album review: ‘Indaba Is’, a rite of remembrance

The collaborative album Indaba Is, facilitated by Siyabonga Mthembu and Thandi Ntuli, is greater than the sum of its parts

By Nobhongo Gxolo
A soundtrack with its eye on the score
Article
/ 16 February 2018

A soundtrack with its eye on the score

"Soundtracks are not scores. At best, they are marketing gimmicks with a pretence at a soul".

By Kwanele Sosibo
​Tumi’s albums: from best to just okay
Article
/ 7 March 2017

​Tumi’s albums: from best to just okay

Tumi, who is now known as Stogie T, has released his most popular album to date.

By Sabelo Mkhabela
Hip-hop gloss can’t save the anticlimax of RiRi’s new album
Article
/ 18 February 2016

Hip-hop gloss can’t save the anticlimax of RiRi’s new album

Rihanna has made us wait a maddening four years between albums and while Anti is worthy of a recommendation, it’s hardly earth-shattering stuff.

By Katlego Mkhwanazi
Pope Francis releases weird debut album
Article
/ 2 December 2015

Pope Francis releases weird debut album

The mix of prog rock, hymns and vocals on Wake Up! sounds like the kind of album that crate diggers, kitsch lovers and sample seekers will cherish.

By Michael Hann
Sia stimulates the senses on ‘1 000 Forms of Fear’
Article
/ 17 September 2014

Sia stimulates the senses on ‘1 000 Forms of Fear’

On her sixth studio album, singer and songwriter Sia Furler proves you can be minimal on fame and still maximise on talent.

By Staff Reporter
Inside Llewyn Davis: A folk soundtrack for 2014
Article
/ 12 February 2014

Inside Llewyn Davis: A folk soundtrack for 2014

The soundtrack to "Inside Llewyn Davis" is heartfelt without being sentimental, a modern folk journey inspired by Bob Dylan and David Van Ronk.

By Grethe Koen
Birdy’s ‘Fire Within’: Solid fare from music’s youngest gem
Article
/ 18 December 2013

Birdy’s ‘Fire Within’: Solid fare from music’s youngest gem

Birdy’s "Fire Within" makes for easy listening with songs as light and charming as her namesake. But it falters due to a lack of confidence.

By Grethe Koen

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