Reviews
Where the Big Lamp Shines
Where the Big Lamp Shines marks the official recording debut of The Often Herd, self-described as ‘progressive bluegrass based in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022
Fado: Coimbra-Lisbonne 1949-1961
Having Alfredo Marceneiro, Amalia Rodrigues, Lucília do Carmo, Fernando Farinha, Maria Teresa de Noronha and Hermínia Silva on one record...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Miramar
The traditions of few places in Europe have been as overwritten as those of the Balearic island of Mallorca. Even...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/September/2023
Kamale Blues
That Harouna Samaké has been Salif Keita's kamalengoni player for the past 17 years tells you all you need to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
Live at WOMAD 1982
Can it really be 40 years since the first WOMAD took place at the Royal Bath and West Showground in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022
Mysterious Duality – Just Me
Jayanthi Kumaresh is one of India’s leading performers of the veena, an ancient lute which produces a rich and deeply...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2011
Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968
The honorific Dagar is synonym¬ous with dhrupad, one of the world’s oldest classical vocal genres. Zia Mohiuddin, who died in...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Banquet of Boxes – A Celebration of the English Melodeon
Lots of jokes come my way because people know I like squeeze box music. Recently someone sent a cartoon showing...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Over the Rainbow
Let’s dispense with the jokes first. The late great Hawaiian vocalist and ukulele player Israel ‘Iz’ Kama– kawiwo’ole was so...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2011
Papa Lemon: New Orleans Ukulele Maestro & Tent Show Troubadour
The one thing we are not told in the evocative and often hilarious liner notes of this album, is whether...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2014
