Reviews
Bermuda: Gombay & Calypso 1953-1960
This double CD follows other Frémeaux recordings of 50s Caribbean popular music. But whereas the previous compilations Jamaica Mento and...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2013
The Beginners Guide to Timba
Not one, not two but three CDs destined to send lovers of timba – that hard-edged derivative of Cuban salsa...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2011
The Road Never Travelled
Tzimmes translates in Yiddish a ‘big fuss.’ It’s also an Eastern European Jewish dish: a sweet, honeyed mix of root...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: December/2021
Albala
Like his compatriot Bassekou Kouyaté, it has taken Samba Touré a while to emerge as a star of Malian music....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
Escenas de la Ciudad
I first saw – sorry, heard – an audio film in a small village in the Pyrenees. It was about...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2010
Cigala & Tango
Tango and flamenco have elemental, thematic, tonal and rhythmic differences due to their entirely separate, and exceptional, cultural histories. On...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Engurland (City Shanties)
Rowan Sawday, aka Dizraeli, is a Brighton based slam poet, rapper and folkish songwriter whose Engurland (City Shanties) mixes urban...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Ravi Shankar: Symphony
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Anoushka Shankar
Ravi Shankar’s Symphony received its world premiere in London’s Royal Festival Hall in July 2010. This is a live recording...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Magnification
Magnifico (Robert Pešut to his mum) is a Slovenian singer, guitarist and parodist. Already very popular in Slovenia, Magnification is...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
