Reviews
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
Matjale
The percussionist Thabang Tabane grew up playing in Molombo, a band from Mamelodi township on the outskirts of Pretoria, led...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2018
The Art of the Portuguese Fado Guitar
Custódio Castelo is one of today's finest players of the 12-stringed Portuguese guitar. He is perhaps best known as the...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2011
Issiktane
Sidi Abdallah’s name may be new but devotees of Touareg guitar music will be more than familiar with his father,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022
Creation
For years this was a real rarity. Recorded back in 1979 by the Jamaican singer Freddie McKay, Creation has been...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2024
I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country
Co-produced by Joel Savoy and Joshua Clegg Caffery, and based on Caffery's scholarly tome, Traditional Music in Coastal Louisiana: The...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2016
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Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuinness
This is Roberts’ 12th solo album since 2001, and his fourth of purely traditional songs, following on from the excellent...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2018
Songs Doc Didn't Sing
Arthel ‘Doc’ Watson, the legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter from Deep Gap, North Carolina, possessed a uniquely compelling vocal instrument. Smoky...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021
Afrique Mon Désir
Laurinda Hofmeyr, Afrique mon Désir Ensemble & Régis Gizavo & #9;
For more than two decades, Laurinda Hofmeyr has specialised in setting the poetry of her native South Africa to music....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2018
Sounds of Peace
The revered Manu Dibango died three years after making M&M in 2017 with the Mozambican saxophonist, Moreira Chonguiça. Echoes of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2023
