Reviews
Roots of the Banjo Tree
“What's the definition of perfect pitch?” goes the old joke to which the jocular riposte is “Throwing a banjo into...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: March/2013
Els Ignorants
Three of the five musicians in the Barcelona-based Rumba Vella are part of Rumbamazigha (reviewed in #77), a project that...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Tortadur
Fans of Sevara Nazarkhan's two Real World albums are in for a surprise here – but it is an entirely...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Hotel Univers
Jupiter & Okwess International
For someone releasing his debut album, Jupiter Bokondji – the self-styled ‘rebel general’ of Congolese music – has been around...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
The Stray Birds
The music of The Stray Birds is derived from the soft, delicate underbelly of the traditional American string band. The...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2013
Bollywood Funk Experience
To the uninitiated, the richly hued and garish world of Bollywood film soundtracks can seem daunting and inaccessible. Jonny Trunk...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2010
Phantom Songs
Ten albums and over 1,500 gigs later, the Berliners are still all over the map. When the Iron Curtain was...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2011
Yidishe Lider
Yidishe Lider is the fruit of an extraordinary project to honour the life and work of Arkady Gendler, who was...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: June/2013
Mother
George Xylouris and Jim White are a mesmerising double act, what with the Cretan laouto player and singer's nimble string...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2018
