Reviews
Turmoil & Tinfoil
Something must be wrong with my ears. Every advance review of Turmoil & Tinfoil, the debut album by Nashville-based fourth-generation...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2017
The Rough Guide to Salsa
This selection by Pablo Yglesias (aka DJ Bongohead) has been tested on the dance floor and is aimed at the...
Reviewed by Daniela Rosselson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Electric Taal Band
Daniel McLay is an inventive Canadian musician, composer and producer. He gained notoriety for cult chiptune project The J. Arthur...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
Mongolia: Kazakh Songs and Epic Traditions of the West
Ethnomusicologist Alain Desjacques made most of these field recordings of Kazakh, Uriangkhai and Zakhchin Mongol musicians in 1984, though some...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Apr/May/2011
Malta's Lost Voices
Now that's what I call a CD set. A foot-tall board-encased booklet, shaped like an old gramophone loudspeaker trumpet, is...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2011
Wahala Wahala
Wahala means ‘Problem’ or ‘Trouble’, but I had no problem enjoying this album. It is high-energy and punchy, as you'd...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019
Anamkhara
Piraeus-born Cretan lyra player Kelly Thoma is a pupil of Ross Daly and a part of the diverse group of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Songhive: Beelore & Folksong in the British Isles
Folk music often has a special relationship with the native flora and fauna of the land from which it springs....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2018
Al Andalus
This is a strange and frustrating disc. It’s a digital remastering of an analogue recording first issued more than 30...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: July/2010
