Reviews
KWEChE
The nyatiti is an eight-stringed plucked lyre of the Luo people in Kenya. Played in a fast and rhythmic way,...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2021
The Peasant Girl
Don't be put off by the contrived photo on the cover of this eclectic double CD: much love has gone...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
To the Mother of Gods
Anatolian Weapons & Seirios Savvaidis
Anatolian Weapons is a guise of DJ electronicist Aggelos Baltas, and Seirios Savvaidis is a singer-songwriter who is much younger...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2019
Te More
Whirimako Black & Richard Nunns
It’s hard to think of two people more central to the recent resurgence of traditional Maori music than Whirimako Black...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Orchestre National de Mauritanie
Orchestre National de Maurianie
For a national orchestra, this combo had previously had a remarkably small discography: one 7” single to show for an...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)
This compilation intriguingly connects many dots in the soca music story, while also (not unexpectedly for Soundway) throwing up musically...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
In a Hoary Winter’s Night
Joglaresa’s fifth album is a selection of ‘Irish and English Songs of Wintertide’. There is a wi de ra n...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Music for Hope
Indian sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan has done a few collaborative recordings with musicians from other traditions – for instance...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023
