Reviews
Cumbia Beat Vol 1
Peru had a sizzling, cosmopolitan music scene in the 1960s and 70s, when shifting nationalist politics, coupled with huge rural...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: October/2010
Wayward Daughter
‘Grey Gallito’ is a work of steamy jazz that sounds as if it was recorded in Havana. It is also...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2013
BanningsviNe
Flammé Kapaya will be a new name to many. But he spent a decade backing the Congolese singer Werrason in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013
Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais
Singer-songwriter Loulou Boislaville led the Groupe Folklorique Martiniquais from 1966 to 1981, building on the multi-genre ensemble’s already substantial success...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Songs Lost & Stolen
In 2008 Bella Hardy, a young singer from Edale in Derbyshire, stepped onto the stage at the Royal Albert Hall...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2011
In Sciô Ton
One of Italy's many musical treasures, trallalero is an urban group-harmony singing from Genoa, organised around at least eight singers...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Like Nightingales in the Spring
The north Albanian town of Shkodër, lying between lake and mountains, embraces multiple cultures and histories. While it was still...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2023
Egypt Noir
The idea behind this album is to present the music of the Africans from the deserts that encompass most of...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: July/2010
The Devil’s Lentil Soup
London-based, German-born violinist Gundula Gruen has long been a shining star in the UK’s Balkan music scene. Her huge musical...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2013
Bass & Mandolin
Classical bass player Edgar Meyer and bluegrass mandolinist Chris Thile first teamed up on a 2008 duets album that fused...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
