Reviews
Written in Water
There's a sense of loss as well as near-chaotic celebration about this collaboration between musicians of the Scottish Highlands and...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2018
After a Thousand Years
Two years ago, Brooklyn-born musician producer Jneiro Jarel had virtually completed this album, while he was living in Costa Rica....
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2020
North Korea: Traditional Songs
This album features traditional north-western seodo sori, a genre of songs once associated with courtesans, and a smattering of collective...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Botany Bay
This new album of traditional songs from Hertfordshire's Kelly Oliver is produced by Megson's Stuart Hanna, who manages to frame...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: November/2018
Ndzi Teke Riendzo
Last year Honest Jon's released a well-received compilation titled Shangaan Electro. The album focused on a synthesized style of ancient...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2011
Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău
Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălăşanu
Hârlău is a town in the Romanian region of Moldavia, about 70km from Iaşi. And this record is a deliberate...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023
Les Percussions de Guinée Vols 1 & 2
A welcome reissue of the two classics from Guinea's national supergroup, this was assembled to promote Guinean culture on the...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: March/2013
Last
Last begins with ‘Gan to the Kye’, a Northumbrian complaint about the local men taken by rebels, leaving only the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2011
World of Pixinguinha
Hamilton de Holanda is a fantastically accomplished musician. As a player of the bandolin (15-stringed lute) there are probably none...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2015
