Reviews
Hedonism
Bellowhead launch their rambunctious third album with the cautionary tale of a sailor ripped off by a prostitute, the exuberant...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Zydeco: Black Creole French Music & Blues 1928-1972
Zydeco is Creole French for something lacking spice – food or gossip – and only came into common use in...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
The Art of the Geomungo Sanjo
This reviewer must admit to being a big fan of sanjo, the extended, almost jazzy Korean instrumental genre. It typically...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: July/2013
Voy Pa’ Allá
The arrival of Discos Pacifico has meant a steady stream of new releases from Colombia’s Pacific Coast; following on from...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021
Õunaaia Album (Apple Orchard Album)
Mari Kalkun gave a memorable video stream of this album last spring in the blossoming orchard beside her house in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2021
Au Cube
Alasdair Roberts, Neil McDermott & Tartine de Clous
The latest release from the prolific Scots folk singer Alasdair Roberts is a live recording documenting gigs he played at...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2019
Pecata Beata
Pecata Beata is the third album by Catalan singer, composer and clarinettist Carola Ortiz (who contributed clarinet on Anandi Bhattacharya’s...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2021
Rio Bossa
Even if you weren’t all Rio’d-out after the wall-to-wall Olympics coverage, you’d probably need another bossa nova compilation about as...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: December/2016
Rivers from Ogun
The French-Swiss quartet of organist Cédric Schaerer, drummer Hadrien Santos Da Silva, tenor sax player Arthur Donnot and guitarist Erwan...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022
Fiesta Balkanica
World music compilations tend to fall into two categories: a selection put together with deep knowledge of a particular region...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Apr/May/2010
