Reviews
Things That Fly
If you like peppery banjo picking and close male harmonies – and you should if you're a bluegrass fan –...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: July/2010
The Rise Up
Mehmet Ali Sanhkol & Whatsnext?
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol already sings, plays ney, zurna and oud, but that doesn’t discourage this Turkish-American from penning The Rise...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2020
Music for the Hawaiian Islands Vol 3: Pi’ilani Maui
The third volume of Kuana Torres Kahele's six-part CD series celebrating the musical spirit of individual Hawaiian Islands continues the...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan	 in issue: July/2015
Rhapsody in Blue
According to no less an authority than Jim Farrington, former Music Librarian and Director of the World Music Archive at...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
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Los York’s | Melcochita y Su Conjunto
Two very different but equally enjoyable reissues from the Munster umbrella of labels, both dating to late-60s Peru. First up,...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2023
Japanese Celebration Melodies
Junnosuke Uehara, Washu Yoneya & Kisaburo Umeya
Matsuri bayashi, the celebratory festival music of Japanese prefectures, provides the core for this album, albeit reimagined for a contemporary...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2023
Jamaica-Mento 1951-1958
Reggae snobs bristle whenever they hear mento described as “Jamaican calypso”. Admittedly, it’s a lazy way of putting it, but...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: October/2010
West Meets East: Indian Music and its Influence on the West
The bottom has rather dropped out of the market for world music compilations but just occasionally a valuable collection can...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
Aw Sa Yone Vol 1
This is a breathtaking release from the Greece-based label Teranga Beat, one of the small specialist Record labels that unearth...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2013
