Reviews
A Guide to the Birdsong of Western Africa
Following two volumes, the first in South America, and the second spanning Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Shika Shika...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/September/2022
Republique Amazone
Last year's WOMAD performance by this collective of West African female singers of different generations and traditions was highly praised....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017
Brazil Primitivo Vol 1: Rhythms, Legends and Styles (1899-1963)
Although so shocking that it initially appears to be some sort of bad-taste parody, this blackface disaster is truly the...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Beauty and Butchery
The long hill in question happens to be found in the Sussex countryside, where these musicians live. Yet the band...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014
Pra Gente Fazer mais um Samba
In his liner notes, Chico Buarque describes this collection by one of the greatest samba singer-songwriters as ‘ songs full...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Bebey Blues
Born in Cameroon and now resident in Paris, guitarist Indy Dibongue graduated from Mory Kanté's backing band and was mentored...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2021
The Moon We Watch is the Same
Not long after meeting as music students at 2013's Nordtrad conference, these four young folk musicians from Denmark, Finland and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2017
Tall Tales in Tiny Pieces
Tailcoat are my new favourite band. Tall Tales in Tiny Pieces is the debut album from this Danish/Swedish five-piece who...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020
Abandoned
Abandoned is a cross-section from Iran’s vibrant and impressively imaginative ‘alternative’ music scene. ‘Bayāt-E-Fārsi’ by Bamdad Afshar is an example...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2022
