Reviews
Folk Songs and Soundscapes from Nepal
Composer and producer Bishwo Shahi is based in London but recorded this album in Kathmandu, the capital of his homeland...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2013
Adelphi Has To Fly
Having been a BBC Young Folk Awards finalist in 2009, Lucy Ward has emerged from the Derby folk club circuit...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Black Sea Fire
Several things about this record will make the curious listener well disposed to it from the off. Firstly, despite its...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: June/2010
The First Album
The first two releases in Analog Africa’s new ‘limited dance edition’ series move on from the label’s splendid compilation releases,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970
The latest compilation from Seattle-based Sublime Frequencies is a dizzying double whammy of obscurities and information. Documenting the 60s rock...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: June/2013
Mariza Canta Amalia
In her salad days as the young pretender, Mariza was as embarrassed as she was flattered by the comparison with...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021
Yalla Miku
Bongo Joe is a Geneva-based record label, music shop, café-bar, mission statement and musical philosophy. The new project Yalla Miku...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2023
Kosmopolítēs
How global do you like to take your grooves? Mexican DJ Danochilango and Colombian singer and musician Mambe style themselves...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2019
Recados de Fora
Angolan singer Bonga made his first album in 1972. Now, at the age of 74, his 30th album is yet...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The Art of the Vietnamese Zither: Đàn Tranh
Tri Nguyen's mission is to bring the đàn tranh (zither) to new audiences by combining Vietnamese traditions with Western classical...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: May/2019
