Reviews
Talé
Baaba Maal did it with 2009's Television. Amadou & Mariam followed last year with Folila. Now Salif Keita has joined...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
Wild Tune Stray Rhythm
Song Yuzhe comes from north-east China and he is the composer of this dynamic set of songs and instrumentals. On...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2013
The Rough Guide to African Roots Revival
One of the keys to success in the competitive compilation market is to find fresh and interesting thematic approaches that...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012
Beginner’s Guide to Africa
These kind of compilations, which seek to present what the box describes as ‘the best of African music, past, present...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
Blodeugerdd – Song of the Flowers
Remember Mary Hopkin? ‘Those Were the Days’ sold millions in the late 60s, but then she walked away from pop...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2010
From Dust to Light
Four years on from her last ethereal album Tuia, New Zealand singer Ariana Tikao’s latest batch of Original songs is...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013
Hedzoleh
Ghana’s Hedzoleh Soundz – an aggregate of rock musicians and members of the Ghanaian Arts Council’s traditional music troupe –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010
At Complete Ease
Fiddler Brian Rooney first met banjoist John Carty in London in the early 1970s. At that time there was a...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011
Tooth & Nail
When you’re used to hearing Barking¬born Billy tetchily dissecting the state of the British nation in his sardonic foghorn of...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2013
