Reviews
White
Torgeir Vassvik & Juhani Silvola
Many young bands today are grasping the traditions of the Sámi joik and taking it beyond the northern Sápmi landscapes,...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2025
Wa
Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler
This really is like no other Middle Eastern recording you are likely to encounter and it is best to say...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: April/2020
La Maison d'Amour
Léonore Boulanger & Maam-Li Merati
Maam-Li Merati is a skilled classical Persian singer, setar and kamancheh player. Léonore Boulanger has learned singing from him since...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: July/2017
Smile of Sun: Folk Music from Lorestan
Lorestan is an area of western Iran with its own language and culture; it's a region celebrated for its kamancheh...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2014
Lamwong: Freedom Fighters
The musicians from the Acholi tribe in remote northern Uganda were recorded on Lamwong by producer Ian Brennan, known for...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Selva Selva
Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and a researcher specialising in Amazonian music, Percy A Flores Navarro joins Michel Paredes on bass...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2025
So Slowly Slowly Got She Up
Drones, samples, feedback, accordion and the wavering tension of her voice on a set of great traditional material make Elle...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Lo Bueno Está Aquí
Paulo Olarte and Sebastian Hoyos, the two Colombian expats who make up Contento, like to call their music ‘salsapunk.’ At...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020
Dance
If ever a band were overdue a lifetime achievement award it is Blowzabella. Not only have they written a stack...
Reviewed by Andrew Letcher in issue: October/2010
