Reviews
Bush Lady
At last! The legendary and long out-of-print album Bush Lady, Alanis Obomsawin's first and only music recording, is getting the...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Goro le Goro
It's little wonder that the phenomenon of Bulgarian folk-based choirs, with their stirring, romantic and otherworldly sound, have captured imaginations...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2012
Decade: The Best of Lau 2007-2017
How can one possibly put together a compilation of the most exciting, musically adventurous trio in British folk without leaving...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2017
Calypso: Musical Poetry in the Caribbean 1955-69
This joyous compilation aims to demonstrate calypso's pre-ska popularity across the Caribbean region and beyond. The first calypso recordings were...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Reve de Sang
Wang Li grew up in Shandong, China, but went to Paris to find himself, and this disc shows what he...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Apr/May/2011
In the Round
Leveret recorded their first album in a day. In the Round makes that seem extravagant – it was recorded in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2016
Hireth
A few accordion notes conjure the scene. Noir. Tanya Brittain makes her entrance: a wronged woman, bent on revenge. ‘Don’t...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2020
Seasons of Change
Recorded in Staffordshire's 19th-century Danebridge Methodist Chapel with guest players including Norway's Marit Fält (Vamm) on Nordic mandola and cittern...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Pace Setters
In 1981 Brian Eno travelled to Ghana to produce an album by the eight-piece Afro-funk band Edikanfo. Shortly after its...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2020
Bali 1928 I: Gamelan Gong Kebyar
Claude Debussy–one of the first Western composers to hear and be influenced by gamelan — titled one of his piano...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
