Reviews
The Falcon Flies from Rudnik Mountain
Olga Krasojevic & Svetlana Spajic Group
Olga Krasojević, rapidly approaching the age of 80 with few signs of wear, is from the central Serbian village of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2016
With Love
Egyptian-born Omar Khorshid was one of the finest guitarists in the Arab world, accompanying the likes of Oum Kalthoum at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2021
Le Bal de l’Afrique Enchantée
All the ingredients are there to make this album a joyous romp through African classics that have shaped generations of...
Reviewed by Anne-Cécile Lafarge in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Vangasay
A vangasay is a Type of mandarin orange from Madagascar and Vietnam, popular in the islands across the Indian Ocean...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020
Looking for a Fight
The Sweetback Sisters are harkening back to the earliest decades of the American recording and radio casting industry when ‘sister’...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2012
From Bedlam to Lenane
Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni
With that title beside those two names, I was expecting a couple of Italian crooners on an Irish road trip....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2015
Behind the Glass
Followers of British folk may know The Fair Rain as The Old Dance School. The septet led by singer-songwriter Robin...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: May/2016
Kagabas
Just when you weren’t waiting for a steaming chiva bus up to the mountains of the Colombian coast, along come...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2021
Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony
The project Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony consists of a double album and book. Several electronic artists were commissioned to create...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: January/February/2022
Marrabenta Music From Mozambique
It is an unfortunate fact that many of Mozambique’s best musicians live abroad. There are few recording opportunities in the...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
