Reviews
Lágrimas Mexicanas
Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell
Having made his name sprudng up bossa nova alongside New York's avant-garde set, this isn't the first time Brazilian ex-pat...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2011
Saints & Tzadiks
Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg
Saints & Tzadiks is an unusual cross-cultural blend of Irish and Yiddish folk songs. Irish-born singer Susan McKeown and New...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: March/2010
Fasiya
Breaking the mould of West Africa's male– dominated kora tradition, Sona Jobarteh comes from a Mande griot family representing a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Nord
The Warsaw Village Band are one of the most interesting folk groups in Europe: they have always stayed true to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Malk
Given the pheno¬menal international success of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunu-pingu's 2008 solo album, the blind Aboriginal singer's earlier work has sometimes...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Won’t You be Cruel to be Kind
The third instalment of the Buffalo Gals’ Won't You… series of albums includes 15 tracks running the Americana gamut, from...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2013
Libertad (Freedom)
When I first heard her debut album, La Juderia, seven years ago, I was convinced that Yasmin Levy had the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Trans-Continental Hustle
Everyone's favourite Gypsy punk outfit is back with their fifth album and yes, it's another big musical mash-up of klezmer,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010
Cotonou Club
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Listen to the opening track, ‘Ne Te Faches Pas’, and you'll hear a powerful muscular testament to the rebirth of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Tucson-Habana
Since 1997, Amparanoia have built up a small but fervent following with a sound that combines Spanish agit–pop of the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2010
