Reviews
Ililta! New Ethiopian Dance Music
You could be forgiven for presuming that, such is the Éthiopiques-fuelled fascination for Ethiopian music from the 1960s and 70s,...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2010
Join Forces
The rousing harmonies are spot-on, the melodies are gorgeous, the bluesy banjo playing is nifty and there's some excellent old-time...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Masters of Indian Classical Music Volume II
This double–CD set follows on from an earlier compilation from ARC featuring more or less the same group of musicians...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Apr/May/2010
Dialogues with the Tar
The tar (lute) and kamancheh (spike fiddle) are both originally Persian instruments, but talking to musicians in the region, it’s...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2013
Lodestar
In 1959 Shirley Collins collected songs with Alan Lomax in the US. But she loved the songs of the English...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The World Ends: Afro Rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
Is there no end to this stuff? The World Ends is the third album of vintage Nigerian sounds released on...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2010
Ailan Songs Project: Four Winds
Indigenous singer and social historian Jessie Lloyd is the daughter of Joe Geia, a member of pioneering 1970s/80s Aboriginal band...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2022
20,000 Miles
Doug Cox is a Canadian spiritual cousin to Ry Cooder: a bottleneck guitarist steeped in the blues, he finds common...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Dreaming
Though her star turn at the recent Scotland versus Brazil football friendly didn't, alas, garner her nearly as much press...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Tales from the Weeping Willow: Songs of Murder, Death and Sorrow
Traditional folk songs – they’ve got a body count to put gangsta rap to shame. Naomi Bedford has had a...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
