Reviews
Aam Zameen: Common Ground
This really shouldn't work. Take the opening track, ‘Musst Musst’, made famous by the classic version by Nusrat Fateh Ali...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
God Created Everything
There’s so much interesting music coming out of Ghana at the moment, from the explosive King Ayisoba and his disciples...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2022
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017
Although double-winner Daoirí Farrell is missing from the tracklist (presumably for contractual reasons) it is only a minor quibble with...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2017
The Hour of Separation
Joe Tawadros’ last CD The Prophet was a delightful surprise, full of promise. In February 2010 the young Egyptian-Australian oud...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2011
The Wax Cylinder Recordings
The reign of the wax cylinder was very short – a mere 20 years around the turn of the last...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: June/2017
Water Music
In contrast to the two previous albums by the Thai Elephant Orchestra, which featured human collaborators, this one, the last...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2011
Samba Carioca
Vinicius Cantuaria has been producing finely crafted, softly sung, smoky bossa nova records since he left Brazil for New York...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2010
Remain in Light
When Angélique Kidjo performed Talking Heads’ landmark 1980 album Remain in Light in its entirety onstage at Carnegie Hall last...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2018
Old England Grown New
He has supported the likes of Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick and Chris Wood, worked on performance pieces with storytellers, fronted...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Shindu Shi
On his previous album, Kenyan musician Fadhilee Itulya celebrated the dance music of Western Kenya's Isukha and Idakho communities. His...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2021
