Reviews
Vocals and Percussion from Hahoe and Kyongju
This album will prove heavy going unless you are a serious fan of field recordings. A mask-dance drama from Hahoe...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: March/2013
City of Mirrors
Dos Santos are based in Chicago, but as the five-piece's surnames/nicknames – Chavez, Villarreal, ‘Maestro’ Vale, Garza, Karagianis – indicate,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2021
This is Frafra Power
This is Frafra Power is one of those rare treats of a compilation album that gives what by all accounts...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: May/2019
Salvadora Robot
Even in Colombia, Meridian Brothers are a band who divide opinion. Are they a parody of Colombian music or a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Il Sesto Continente
La Banda di Piazza Caricamento
Though based in Genoa, La Banda di Piazza Caricamento is only Italian by location. The 12 members represent 12 nationalities...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2015
Voices of the Sani
This debut presents a fusion of pop and traditional folk music of the Sani people from south-western China's Yunnan province....
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: June/2020
The Gospel Album
Gurrumul, the blind indigenous Australian vocalist, has achieved remarkable international success with his soft folk-pop music. While he sings in...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2015
Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads
With planet Earth facing myriad apocalypse-inducing crises, Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads, is a timely project....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021
