Reviews
Chamber Music
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
This hypnotic masterpiece from the French label No Format is another fine example of the label’s penchant for putting musicians...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Hunting, Love and Mockery Songs
Since the late 1950s Radio France's Ocora imprint has been releasing well-recorded and brilliantly annotated field recordings of ethnic music...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
A Curious Compendium of Crooked Irish Tunes Vol 1
It’s safe to say that Dr Dave Flynn is something of an iconoclast. The composer and guitarist behind the Irish...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2023
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Mien (Yao): Canon Singing in China, Vietnam, Laos
This album features four intricate samples of canon singing from Mien (Yao) hill tribes living in China, Vietnam and Laos....
Reviewed by Frank Kouwenhoven in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
L’Ultime Concert
Astor Piazzolla with Manos Hadjidakis and the Orchestre Athénien des Couleurs
Originally released in 1996 (as Bandoneón Sinfónico), this ‘last concert’ album is now appearing, according to the French-only album notes,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Mon Péi
After releasing their first physical album at the end of last year, the quintet from La Réunion have now gone...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: February/March/2025
Wotcheor!
The album cover has Jez tilting his boater and grinning into a camera like an old-fashioned MC, as if beckoning...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Folk Music of China, Vol 2: Folk Songs of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang
This second volume of Naxos World's compendium of Chinese folk music focuses on songs from Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang province...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2020
Dudu Phukwana and the Spears
Now this truly is a musical treasure to stumble upon: back in 1969 the noted producer Joe Boyd had befriended...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2020
Songs of Loss and Healing
This is the third solo album by accomplished London-based classical guitarist Douglas MacGregor. A deeply personal project, it explores the...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
