Reviews
Indigenous Matter: Music from Africa & the Americas
Musician-producer, Chris Warwick took advantage of his travels around the Americas and West Africa in the 80s, to record music...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
CultureRize: Bamako All Stars Vol I
All-star projects can often end up with curate’s egg on their tracklists. The Bamako-based collective with the cumbersome name are...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024
Time To Save The World
This Cheshire-based Americana ensemble probably first came to most people's attention as finalists in 2008's BBC Radio 2 Young Folk...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia
Bagpipes are not the first instrument that come to mind when you think of Serbian music. And it's a dwindling...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia
Bagpipes are not the first instrument that come to mind when you think of Serbian music. And it's a dwindling...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
Looking Glass
Fay Hield is the first new signing to Topic Records for a decade. Topic is the oldest independent label in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Memories and Moments
Listening to Memories and Moments, Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott’s much-anticipated follow-up to last year’s live album, We’re Usually a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Consonnances
Tri Nguyen & The Ilios Quartet
In zither master Tri Nguyen, Vietnam has a fine ambassador for its traditional music. This recording has a clearly defined...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
Jaime & Nair
Arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Alem and his wife Nair de Cândia's 1979 touchstone ‘Passará’ remains perhaps one of the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2021
Live
A veteran of Mali’s oldest dance orchestra Super Biton de Ségou, Mama Sissoko became the band’s guitarist in 1972. When...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2024
