Reviews
21 Spices
Trilok Gurtu with Simon Phillips & NDR Big Band
Setting aside his wonderfully adventurous series of world music fusions, 21 Spices finds Trilok Gurtu returning to his early jazz...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2011
The Original Sound of Cumbia
These two generous CDs of Colombian cumbia, remastered from 78s, 45s and 33rpm LPs, are glorious. The subtitle, The History...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Mongolia: Kazakh Songs and Epic Traditions of the West
Ethnomusicologist Alain Desjacques made most of these field recordings of Kazakh, Uriangkhai and Zakhchin Mongol musicians in 1984, though some...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Apr/May/2011
Ufulu 1991-1997
In urgent need of a bucketful of wholesome joy with none of the risks of eternal damnation? Katawa Singers have...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
Sudbina
Vida Pavlović was one of the most highly regarded Roma singers to have existed, tragically dying before her time in...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2018
Música da Terra
Batuk are a dance-infused trio hailing from South Africa. Comprised of renowned producer and rapper Spoek Mathambo, Aero Manyelo and...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
You No Fit Touch Am
There is Femi and Seun Kuti, of course, and the ever-dextrous iconic Tony Allen, who guests hither and yon. But...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2015
One Thought Away
If you’re not familiar with Gurtu's remarkable versatility as a tabla maestro and composer who has played with everyone from...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023
Omera
Ayub Ogada, who died in 2019, was one of Kenya’s finest musicians, a master of the nyatiti (lyre), and a...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2022
The Sound of Club Secousse Vol 1
VARIOUS ARTISTS Radioclit presents
Belgium’s Crammed label have been on a roll these last few years, what with Congotronics and its associated artists –...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
