Reviews
The Woman and Her Words
Hannah James & The JigDoll Ensemble
Accordionist, singer and dancer Hannah James has been an adventurous and much-admired figure on the folk scene through her many...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2019
Goodness
Since quitting legendary reggae outfit The Gladiators in 1987, Clinton Fearon hasn’t changed much. Instead, his Seattle-based Boogie Brown Band...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2014
Diwan
Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson
East meets West, a musical plot line as near-universal as boy meets girl, provides the basis for this new collaboration...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Bibirosi
William Takaku & Pidia Kaur Group
Bougainville is an autonomous island region of eastern Papua New Guinea, but geographically, historically and culturally, it’s closely connected to...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
Belenzuka Fallen from the Sky
Tomka Paunovic, Dragica Žunic, Miloljub Šakovic & Miroljub Raketic
The two pairs of singers on this uncompromising recording – one male and one female – come from south-eastern Serbia...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2016
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
The impressive scholarship and production nous of the Atlanta-based Dust-to-Digital label is here applied to a multimedia collection of the...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: July/2018
The Butterfly Effect
British singer Ranjana Ghatak is well-known for her work uniting North Indian and Western musics, especially jazz, working with some...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2020
Biyedi
With a griot ancestry and over 30 years of records to his name, Kerfala Kanté deserves his high regard in...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012
African Blues
A dozen years ago the Putumayo label issued one of the first compilations to explore the rich connections between African...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
