Reviews
Escape – The Story of Jan Baalsrud and the Shetland Bus
The Arctic wastelands to the north of Norway can be the most desolate of places on earth… And yet in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
The Karindula Sessions: Tradi-Modern Sounds From Southeast Congo
A giant banjo, made out of an oil barrel, a goat skin, four strings and an empty bag of powdered...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2011
RE: Plugged
The irony with remixes is that they tend to make something very much of-the-moment while simultaneously cursing it to sound...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2011
Get Out While You Can
Aside from the singing phenomenon Gurrumul, Australia’s hottest indigenous musician these days is Dan Sultan. With an Irish father and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2010
Baladi Blues Reloaded Volume II
Remixes are like recipes: it may be possible to create something thrilling out of very little but it really helps...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2016
YO:song
The much-missed group SsingSsing was the vehicle that brought Lee Heemoon to international fame, a genre-blending, gender-bending kaleidoscopic take on...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: September/2025
A Tribute to the King of Zydeco
This autumn, Smithsonian Folkways will release a 4-CD box set, Clifton Chenier: King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco. Comprising 67...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: September/2025
King of Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
To mark the centenary of the king of zydeco’s birth, and following an acclaimed tribute album on Valcour Records, topped...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: February/March/2026
Kill Me or Negotiate
Egyptian vocalist and trumpeter Abdullah Miniawy and French electronicist Simo Cell have been collaborating for just over two years, tinkering...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2021
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
