Reviews
Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
The centenary of Ewan MacColl's birth provides the perfect opportunity for a remarkable collection of artists to celebrate this unique,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2015
Songs of Happiness, Poison & Ululation
Over the last decade, as ageing baby boomers took stock of their past and waxed nostalgic about the pop, soul,...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Music of Georges I Gurdjieff
The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble
This is a fabulous collection of Armenian and Middle Eastern folk music with a fascinating story behind it. The tunes...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians
Hedy West is perhaps best remembered today as composer of the folk standard ‘500 Miles’ – a song that she...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Insides Revealed
Insides Revealed, the debut album by Taiwanese indigenous singer Sauljaljui, takes inspiration from her Paiwan tribal roots, and combines traditional...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2020
Stranger in my Homeland
Born in 1970 in Shfara'am, a small town near Nazareth in Galilee, Hosam Hayek created several ensembles in his homeland,...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: July/2010
Wulu Wulu
A decade away from music seems to have given veteran Nigerian bandleader Bongos Ikwue a new lease of life. The...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2013
ELLA
La Dame Blanche is Yaite Ramos Rodriguez, daughter of Jesús ‘Aguaje’ Ramos, trombonist and musical director of the Buena Vista...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020
Tin Can Trust
Arising out of east Los Angeles, Los Lobos first came together to play Mexican corridos (narrative ballads sung in Spanish),...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2010
Kyoku: Japanese Chamber Music
Mieko Miyazaki & Suizan Lagrost
The sounds of the koto, shakuhachi and shamisen on this excellent CD seem familiar, yet Japanese chamber music is not...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
