Reviews
What's Here What's Gone
Since releasing his debut album as a melodeon player back in 1994 aged just 17, Daniels been an in-demand player...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Eghass Malan
This album of Touareg/Tamashek music from Niger is of a similar cultural background to popular groups like Etran Finatawa and...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018
La Diablera
French-based Argentinian band La Típica Folklórica are trying quite a curious experiment: utilising the format and heft of the traditional...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2022
Gamelan of Central Java XII: Pangkur One
‘Pangkur’ is the keystone of the repertoire of central Javanese gamelan, a tune that anyone acquainted with the music is...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2010
Resonance
The musical pedigree of Pitjantjatjara man Bart Willoughby goes back to the late 1970s, when he founded the pioneering Aboriginal...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2017
Fingertip Carnival
Wu Man is a remarkable lady. The best-known exponent of the pipa, the pear-shaped Chinese lute, she has used the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Laughter Out of Tears
Moira Smiley has cemented her status as a musical polyglot with her latest release alongside her female choir Voco. Not...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Voy Pa’ Allá
The arrival of Discos Pacifico has meant a steady stream of new releases from Colombia’s Pacific Coast; following on from...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021
Mazal
Aziz Sahmaoui & The University of Gnawa
The first University of Gnawa release came in 2011, when Sahmaoui, a founder of Orchestre National de Barbès, brought together...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Knee-Deep in Heaven
Led by fiddler Janusz Prusinowski, this trio are the leading group behind the revival of traditional music in Poland. The...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2014
