Reviews
All Dressed in Yellow
The cover of All Dressed in Yellow features a photo of a man with his arm outstretched holding, horizontal, in...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2010
Calypso – Back To Mi Home
King Selewa & his Calypsonians
Togo-born King Selewa has been a frequent fixture at European music venues over the last ten years and more. He...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2010
Folk Against Fascism Vol 1
The inside-sleeve picture shows a wiry, resolute Woody Guthrie with guitar and harmonica round his neck and the album title...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais
Singer-songwriter Loulou Boislaville led the Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais from 1966 to 1981, building on the multi-genre ensemble’s already substantial success...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Carolina Moonrise
With a Carolina twang that will curl your ears, singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale has teamed up again with former Grateful Dead...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2013
Hugh Masekela Presents: Songs Of Migration
Last year, Hugh Masekela and the theatre director James Ngcobo staged Songs Of Migration at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
uNomkhubulwane
Nduduzo Makhathini, the South African pianist, composer, healer and philosopher, offers his third Blue Note Records album, uNomkhubulwane. This remarkable...
Reviewed by Hillary Palesa Morusi in issue: July/2024
Wulansih
Peni Candra Rini is a Javanese singer whom I first saw performing with Kronos Quartet in their last London show...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2024
The Alaev Family & Tamir Muskat
The Alaev Family are something of a discovery. Originally from Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, this Central Asian Jewish family...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2012
