Reviews
Corazón y Hueso
When Argentinian rocker Daniel Melingo took a stab at tango in 1998 with songs like ‘Narigón’ and ‘José el Cuchiyero’...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2012
Flying Circus
Sharon Shannon and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
This week’s new word is ‘classional’, an apt term for the hybrid offspring of traditional and classical music, a mongrel...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Sufi Brotherhood Chant
In Senegal one immediately feels the strong presence of the mystic brotherhoods of Sufism. The taxi that takes you from...
Reviewed by Torben Holleufer in issue: October/2012
King of Highlife Anthology
This is the largest compilation of recordings by ET Mensah that anyone has ever seen. It means that, perhaps for...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Apr/May/2015
Round Top Wagon
Thomas McCarthy was brought up on the Travellers’ site in Ladbroke Grove, although he spent a lot of time in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
Sabor de Gracia
If you're familiar with the rumba catalana form of music, it may well be from listening to Ojos de Brujo,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Peripheral Visions
Brooklyn-based guitarist-composer Grant Gordy's first album in more than a decade, Peripheral Visions, is an impressive addition to the chamber...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023
Returning Minimalism – In Nem (Gamelan of Central Java XV)
The first thing you notice about In Nem is that there are 96 seconds of silence between each of the...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: October/2011
Leave to Remain
With members of the group hailing from Cuba, Venezuela, Chile, Ghana, Congo, Spain, Argentina, not to mention the UK, it's...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
