Reviews
Hangszín
Mónika Lakatos and the Gipsy Voices
The Oláh Roma of Hungary are a minority within a minority, having moved to Hungary and other areas of Central...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2021
Sad Songs About the End of Love
The Israel-born self-proclaimed ‘psychedelic folk singer-songwriter’ presents a collection of James Joyce poems about heartbreak, set to original melody and...
Reviewed by Jahnavi Harrison in issue: June/2016
Latin Noir: Everything Happens on the Beach
Noir and ‘beach’: two of the great clichés of cultural revisionism. The chamamé rhythms of Chango Spasiuk, Carlos Puebla’s song...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2013
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
Umanyanyatha: Songs from the Soul of Zimbabwe
Born in Zimbabwe but resident in Austria for more than 20 years, Vusa Mkhaya made his name in world music...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
Otros Aires 4
Is there any mileage left in tango electronica? Let me think for a picosecond. No. While Buenos Aires septet Otros...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Orange Sunshine
There is a good reason why the initial physical release of Susso Seki Singh's Orange Sunshine is vinyl only. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2018
Night Song
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
Night Song was the second time the Pakistani devotional qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan had worked with Canadian producer...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2019
Rags & Robes
Twenty four-year-old Scottish folk singer Ewan McLennan's star is very much on the rise. In February, he won the Horizon...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2011
