Reviews

Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968

ZM Dagar & ZF Dagar

The honorific Dagar is synonym¬ous with dhrupad, one of the world’s oldest classical vocal genres. Zia Mohiuddin, who died in...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Sonoridade Pólvora

Ian Lasserre

Hailing from Bahia, Brazil, but brought to us by a Swedish record label, the singer-songwriter Ian Lasserre plies determinedly unassuming,...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: August/2017

The Gap

India Electric Co

It's been five long years since India Electric Co released their debut, The Girl I Left Behind Me. In that...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

I am Suffering

Agongo

Agongo – full name Jacob Abagnagongo – plays the kologo, a two-stringed calabash lute which is the typical instrument of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Fifty Verses

Melrose Quartet

In 2010 Nancy Kerr & James Fagan (winners of Best Duo at the BBC Folk Awards) found life on their...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013

Hawaii to Calcutta: A Tribute to Tau Moe

Debashish Bhattacharya

Bhattacharya is an extraordinary musician. He may be best known for inventing the slide guitars that allow him to play...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2017

Mashasha

Mashasha

Peter ‘Mashasha’ Mujuru is a Zimbab–wean bass guitarist, session musician and member of jazz group Too Open. He currently lives...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Untitled

Hedy West

A lost album from 1979, Untitled was recorded by the American singer, banjo player and guitarist Hedy West at the...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2019

Highland Time

Sketch

Opener ‘After the Storm’ shows where we’re heading: a crisp rhythm track overlaid with pipes and fiddle and a deranged...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: May/2016

Grannen

Frigg

Frigg can do no wrong. I have waxed lyrical about them in these pages in the past and am beginning...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Nov/Dec/2010