Reviews
Music of the Bai Opera and the Dai Opera in Yunnan Province
This double CD album is a rare archive of the Bai and Dai music traditions. Both ethnic minorities are from...
Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: May/2020
Abu Nawas Rhapsody
The titles of past albums by the Tunisian-born oud (lute) player and singer Dhafer Youssef mapped out a story: Electric...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2010
Bet
Bet is the second offering from Jerusalem-based world music fusion band AndraLaMoussia. Both the album title and the band name...
Reviewed by Barry Davis in issue: March/2012
Cloud Wandering
One of the foremost performers of Okinawan folk music, vocalist and sanshin (banjo-like lute) player Takashi Hirayasu came to prominence...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2019
Aavartan – Dawn to Dusk
Kala Ramnath is both a traditionalist and an experimentalist in the Indian classical tradition. She is also quite simply one...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Afritanga – The Sound of AfroColombia
For many people, Colombia is the land of Shakira and high octane salsa. Bogotá bursts with salsa clubs and Cali...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2011
Gloryland
There are a lot of trad jazz revivalist acts out there. The LA-based seven-piece California Feetwarmers are one of many...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2019
Anda Jaleo
Josephine Foster & the Víctor Herrero Band
Recorded live in Mecina Bombaron in Granada in August 2009, this is an interesting project: Josephine Foster and Víctor Herrero...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
The Art of the Chinese Guzheng
This album is a tribute to the main regional styles of guzheng (21-string zither) music in China. Having worked with...
Reviewed by Hyelim Kim in issue: June/2019
Gamelan of Central Java XII: Pangkur One
‘Pangkur’ is the keystone of the repertoire of central Javanese gamelan, a tune that anyone acquainted with the music is...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2010
