Reviews
Alquimia
Swedish flamenco guitarist Robert ‘Robi’ Svärd released his engaging debut album Pa'ki Pa'ka in 2016. This album won him not...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2018
Serenity
Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan & Party
The shehnai (a double-reed wind instrument) has one of the richest and most mournful sounds in Indian music, but it’s...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Oyo
The diva from Benin returns and as if to announce the fact, Oyo begins with the sustained solo cry of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2010
Brésil: Le Chant du Nordeste 1928-1950
With Brazil's north-east so strongly identified in recent decades with the whirl of forró, you'd be forgiven for thinking its...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2010
African Revolution
Tiken Jah Fakoly is perhaps Africa’s most gifted reggae artist, stepping deftly in the footsteps of fellow Ivorian Alpha Blondy....
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Jamaica Folk Trance Possession: Mystic Music from Jamaica, Roots of Rastafari 1939-1961
This two-CD set is no less than a historic document, among the most important anthologies of Jamaican audio ever assembled....
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2013
An Introduction to June Tabor	
June Tabor was a student at Oxford (and appeared on University Challenge, no less), and has worked as both a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2018
El Canto del Viento
In 1965, the celebrated Argentinian folk artist Atahualpa Yupanqui published El Canto del Viento, a collection of proems that touched...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020
Je Suis Africain
Reviewing the last will and testament of recently departed artists can sometimes be difficult with sentiment clouding critical judgement and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019
A Treasury of Shanties and Songs of the Sea
A Treasury is just that, a hoard of the best shanties. Furthermore, it’s sung by four of the finest outfits...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012
