Reviews
365, Vol 1
Recent years have seen several traditional musicians giving themselves new year's resolutions to record a folk song a day, or...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
Taos
Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis & Bijan Chemirani
In a trio setting there is little space to hide, so it is fortunate that each of the musicians here...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2018
City of Mirrors
Dos Santos are based in Chicago, but as the five-piece's surnames/nicknames – Chavez, Villarreal, ‘Maestro’ Vale, Garza, Karagianis – indicate,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2021
Damar
The almost presidential aura exuded by the Bosnian and Herzegovinian singer and humanitarian in the monochrome photo that graces the...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2017
A Cimbalomprímás
The title of this album means ‘The Cimbalom Primás’ or bandleader and the player in question is Bálint Tárkány-Kovács, one...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023
Poland-Pakistan: Music Without Borders
Karolina Cicha & Shafqat Ali Khan
Nine Languages, the debut CD of Polish singer Karolina Cicha was an award-winning disc in which she sang songs in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Até ao Fim
Até ao Fim marks a turning point in Guerreiro's career. But fear not: she's not quit fado. She's not exactly...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2015
I Saw a Sign: 1940-1947 Recordings
Smithsonian Folkways has done such a splendid job in curating Woody Guthrie's legacy via a superbly presented and award-winning set...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018
Nigeria Soul Fever
All but two of the 16 tracks here were recorded between 1977 and 1980 at the height of the disco...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016
Hijo de Tigre
Cumbia, like dub, funk or most dance music for that matter, is all about the rhythm. And on so much...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
