Reviews
Diew Sor Isan: The North East Thai Violin of Thonghuad Faited
Most compilations of north-eastern Thai music focus on the region's most popular instrument, the khaen, a free-reed bamboo mouth organ,...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: October/2012
Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's Love Songs, Ceylon
It is always welcome to see albums of music that bring more local traditions to a wider audience, and this...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2014
Kíla Alive
Recorded live in various venues throughout 2016, this latest offering from the irrepressible Kíla captures the outfit in their natural...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2017
World Affairs
Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2018
Calypso/Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean
‘Day-o! Day-ay-ay-o! Daylight come and me wan’ go home.’ Everyone knows Belafonte's ‘Banana Boat Song’. For several decades following its...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2014
Tirade
First performing together during a packed session in Glasgow in 2013, Eddie Seaman (pipes, whistle and bouzouki) and Luc McNalty...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2017
Soprem Bons Ventos
Pedro Ricardo, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer, explains that his debut album represents “an ode to the past, to those...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023
Best Foot Forward
If the electric violin is an acquired taste, it is one very quickly acquired in Omar Puente's case. A classically...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2017
