Reviews
La Banda Municipal de Santiago de Cuba
La Banda Municipal de Santiago de Cuba
One of the island's wonderful historic musical institutions, the 114-year-old municipal brass band of Santiago continues to soldier on, notwithstanding...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: March/2013
Supertraditionellt Material
This album is a breaking open of the treasure chest of the Caprice Records archive, curated by Swedish folk musicians...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020
Horn OK Please: Roadto Bollywood
Bollywood is so closely linked to the song and dance culture of South Asia that it almost ends up engulfing...
Reviewed by Rafay Mahmood in issue: June/2018
Stockholm-Dakar
To get the back¬story out of the way first: Sousou and Maher Cissoko grew up on two different continents –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012
Miri
One of the principle instruments of Mali's griot storytelling tradition is the ngoni (lute), and more than anyone else, Bassekou...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2019
Pasichigare: Mystic Mbira Music of Zimbabwe
Chartwell Dutiro is the artistic director of the Mhararano Mbira Academy in Devon, England. He is one of the leading...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2014
The Original Sound of Mali
The dance band craze of the 1970s saw groups from all over West Africa putting their own spin on Latin...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2017
Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger
Three years ago Kronos Quartet released an album titled Folk Songs, a journey into Appalachian tradition featuring guest singers Sam...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
Do Primeiro Fado Ao Último Tango
‘From the First Fado to the Last Tango’ is a Best Of set celebrating Mísia’s 25 years as a recording...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: May/2017
Chapters of My Life
This debut recording from the Atlanta-based Cameroonian singer and guitarist reveals a very eccentric persona, Moken's voice creeping from a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2016
