Reviews
Music of the Bai Opera and the Dai Opera in Yunnan Province
This double CD album is a rare archive of the Bai and Dai music traditions. Both ethnic minorities are from...
Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: May/2020
Song Road
Much like country music queen Dolly Parton, Teresa Doyle likes singing story songs. And is darned good at it. The...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2015
Say It
You can imagine a film to go with this album: vast, sweeping landscapes, travellers in the mist, and among these...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020
Abu Nawas Rhapsody
The titles of past albums by the Tunisian-born oud (lute) player and singer Dhafer Youssef mapped out a story: Electric...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2010
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Canción Nueva (Omaggio a Victor Jara)
What passes for a tribute, or omaggio, is, as often as not, simply cashing-in by lesser (or at least less...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Radio Beirut: Sounds from the 21st Century
There’s an inevitable overlap between Radio Beirut, compiled by the German journalist Dagmar Golle, and last year’s Golden Beirut CD...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Katla
Contrary to what the band’s name – and the opening track ‘Papa Chajes’ – suggest, klezmer is not really what...
Reviewed by Ton Maas in issue: Apr/May/2011
Follow My Lead, Lead Me to Follow
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra
The history, folklore and present state of the natural world is the defining theme of this second full-length album from...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2013
Jumbie in the Jukebox
‘I would choose to live back when calypso brought the news’, sings Drew Gonsalves in the opening seconds of Jumbie...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2013
The Sea is My Brother
The fourth studio album from Devon folk duo David Harbottle and Freya Jonas is a concept album about the sea....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2019
