Reviews
Rough Guide to Bluegrass
Call me a sucker for heart-wrenching songs about hard-living folks, but this compilation of 18 tracks assembled by journalist Dan...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2012
Toumani & Sidiki
Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
The kora is an age-old instrument, rich in history, yet its promotion as a solo instrument is relatively recent. This...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
Drawing in an Almond
Greek singer Katerina Papadopoulou was previously unknown to me, but due diligence proves it's been my oversight. This album was...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Apr/May/2014
Rejoice
Two old friends, giants of the African music scene, fuse influences from West and South Africa in this historic, compelling...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2020
Pinpeat Music and Songs
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this music is that it exists at all. During the Khmer Rouge's reign of...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: October/2011
Border Woods
The Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli follows 2018's excellent Avant Folk album with this much smaller quartet formation. There are two...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2019
Jaime & Nair
Arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Alem and his wife Nair de Cândia's 1979 touchstone ‘Passará’ remains perhaps one of the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2021
Le Soleil est Levé
Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole's recent tour of the UK found him wowing audiences and, hopefully, represents the start of...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2013
La Onda Vampi
Vampisoul really knows how to mash it up. The Spanish label, celebrating a decade this year, has to be one...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2012
Fado
It's been a while since Jorge Fernando has been in the public eye. Having scored a couple of pop hits...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2010
