Reviews
Hearts Broken, Heads Turned
Jarlath Henderson hinted he could sing, as well as playing startlingly good uilleann pipes and whistle, on his 2013 Air-Fix...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: June/2016
Clandestino/Bloody Border
There are plenty of great albums that seem to define a moment in time but, as the zeitgeist moves on,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2019
Jaime & Nair
Arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Alem and his wife Nair de Cândia's 1979 touchstone ‘Passará’ remains perhaps one of the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2021
Opa Hey!
On first glance, young producer Kottarashky could be seen as some slow-off-the-mark Johnny-come-lately. The Balkans are, after all, a territory...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: March/2010
Goddess: Indian Music in Celebration of Goddesses around the World
Baluji Shrivastav’s concept album takes us on a musical explor¬ation celebrating myths surrounding female deities around the globe. With its...
Reviewed by Kulbir Natt in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Kel Tamasheq
World music’s love affair with Touareg guitars continues with the fourth album from Terakaft, formed as an off-shoot of Tinariwen...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Aborigines of Taiwan: Anthology of the Vocal Art
You can’t get more evocative of rural village life than song titles such as ‘Making Fun of Abu’ and Airing...
Reviewed by Shzr Ee Tan in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Blak & Blu
Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer Kutcha Edwards is a big man with a big voice. A Mutti Mutti man, whose traditional country...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013
Toubab Soul
As this solid debut testifies, Alma Afrobeat Ensemble is one of the tighter collectives in the genre. Fela Kuti’s template...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2011
Blight and Blossom
Leader of the new-generation Albion Band, son of folk¬rock guv’nor Ashley Hutchings and the child actor who played the young...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
