Reviews
When the Sun Goes In
After touring extensively for 12 years with the band Maia, Robinson has recently preferred to explore the more traditional roots...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021
Jiangnan Sizhu Music
Two more Chinese virtuosi, another enjoyable record. The sizhu in the title refers to ‘silk and bamboo’, as in the...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Hour of Solitude
Blue Mantra Rhymes is the brainchild of Ed Cooke, an English ex-pat living and working in Thailand. A number of...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2022
Anewal: OSAS – It's Time
Founder member of Niger's desert blues champions Etran Finatawa, Alhousseini Anivolla has given us a second solo set that is...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2017
The Series of Music for Young Adults: Iranian Folk Songs
Originally released in 1976 by Iran's Centre for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults as part of a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2023
Wood & Steel
This is a simple, but fascinating meeting of French jazz flautist Joce Mienniel playing a Western Boehm-system classical flute and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2022
Hitsville Re-Visited
Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu
The cavalcade of 1970s and 80s African album reissues shows no signs of slowing. This one, originally released in 1982,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2019
Cecil Sharp Project
Earlier this year, a remarkable ‘Who's Who’ of the new British folk scene assembled in London's Cecil Sharp House. Lined...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
