Reviews
Mukunguni: New Recordings from Coast Province, Kenya
Mukunguni, a village in the Coast Province of Kenya, next to the Indian Ocean, is home to the Mijikenda tribe....
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2013
I Was Real
This is the duo's third album, now featuring an expanded line-up with extra guitars and percussion, saxophones, viola, upright bass...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Songs of Hard Times: Up, Over and Through
Smart work from the good folk who run the Alan Lomax Archives – from a catalogue of sound recordings spanning...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Wolf and the Lamb: Live at the Shakh
Recorded live in the Shakh Synagogue in Holešov, Czech Republic, The Wolf and the Lamb is a klezmer album that...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2023
Shaman!
With the return of original band member Dr Margaux Simmons on flute, the Pyramids are now seven. This alone helps...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2020
Mercato
It only took one minute for the Imperial Tiger Orchestra's debut album to prove its worth to this critic. It...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Drops Genuine Negro Jig
Choosing to resuscitate a near-extinct musical tradition is as curious a decision as it is admirable. Nobody seems to have...
Reviewed by Nigel Tassell in issue: March/2010
Wood, Wire & Words
A mere four decades after his last album of original songs was released (1974's Fields of November), Norman Blake gives...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2015
Live at WOMAD 1985
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party
Marking its 30th anniversary, Real World Records has released this album as a tribute to the late qawwali king, Nusrat...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2019
Peru Boom: Bass, Bleeps and Bumps from Peru's Electronic Underground
Peru's capital Lima now hosts an edgy, fresh dance music scene, which draws on a wide range of influences: pan-South...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
