Reviews
Music for the Hawaiian Islands Vol 2: Kahelelani Niihau
The second of a six-part CD series highlighting the music of the Hawaiian Islands, this release further expands the reputation...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2015
Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău
Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălăşanu
Hârlău is a town in the Romanian region of Moldavia, about 70km from Iaşi. And this record is a deliberate...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023
Piconema: East African Hits on the Colombian Coast
The title of this delicious compilation derives from the picós, the Afro-Colombian sound systems analogous to their Jamaican counterparts and...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023
The Makam: Oud (Live Performance at Karaca Garage)
Born in Istanbul, Turkish ud virtuoso Baha Yetkin has cultivated a busy career as a performer and composer over the...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: August/2025
Rádio Kriola
The idea could have proved a little too ambitious, but the truth is that in a single grasp Catarina Dos...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2018
Kosher Style
This is a splendid celebration of brash, Brooklyn, big-band klezmer revelling in the retro flavour of the style. Many of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2019
Éthiopiques 27: Centennial of the First Ethiopian Music Recordings
The latest volume in the É t h i o p i q u e s series presents a conundrum...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2011
Topic Records: The Real Sound of Folk Music
Topic's double album is a broad introduction to the label's catalogue, and it draws its nets fairly wide. Some selections...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2017
Loé Loá: Rural Recordings Under the Mango Tree
Betsayda Machado & Parranda El Clavo
It's hard to think of any field recording – this was captured under a mango tree, as the title suggests...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2017
Lam Phloen World-Class: The Essential Banyen Rakkaen
Banyen Rakkaen of Thailand is a pioneering singer who raised the profile of molam music from the north-east region –...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: May/2019
