Reviews
Songs from the Bardo
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
Dealing with dying is a major aspect of both the sacred and secular. Songs from the Bardo is a small...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2019
Nedaye Asemani
The spiritual but contagious excite¬ment that we have come to associate with Iranian classical music is abundantly present on this...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Richard Galliano Au Brésil
Forró is Brazil's wildest, wackiest and most wonderful rhythm. The musicologists trace its form to the Portuguese court and its...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014
Roi Du Ziglibithy
This reissue collects four tracks by Ernesto Djédjé, the guitarist from Ivory Coast who made his first singles in Paris,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2022
The Attic Tapes
The great British guitarist died in March this year, shortly after penning the warm, detailed liner notes that accompany this...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2015
Mac Ìle: The Music of Fraser Shaw
In 2015 Fraser Shaw, multi-talented piper, whistle player and composer, sadly died at the young age of 34. Mac Ìle...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2017
The Birth of Jungle Cumbia
Since The Roots of Chicha gave Peru’s guitar-driven, bar-band chicha music worldwide exposure six years ago there has been a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2014
Fireside Stories
Fireside Stories is an album that could break your heart. First and foremost, it's astonishingly beautiful. With expertly finger-picked guitar,...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2023
Anthologie
An energetic and multi-talented singer and lutenist, Lili Boniche was born in the Jewish sector of the Algiers Casbah in1921...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: March/2013
Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians
Hedy West is perhaps best remembered today as composer of the folk standard ‘500 Miles’ – a song that she...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
