Reviews
North Korea: Traditional Songs
This album features traditional north-western seodo sori, a genre of songs once associated with courtesans, and a smattering of collective...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Alcance
As flamenco continues to expand its appeal across the globe, one familiar disappointment is to hear foreign guitarists who have...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/2017
From Nubia to Cairo
First released back in 1989, when ‘world music’ was young, this set is as life-enhancing and plain funky as an...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2019
Brazil: Sambossica 3
There is so much exciting music coming out of Brazil right now. However you wouldn’t think so from Sambossica 3....
Reviewed by DJ Cliffy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Chant Amazigh
Even devoted followers of Algerian music may find the name Majid Soula rings no bells – thankfully, the latest (number...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2022
Ndzi Teke Riendzo
Last year Honest Jon's released a well-received compilation titled Shangaan Electro. The album focused on a synthesized style of ancient...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2011
Between River and Railway
Dumfries and Galloway have always been a fertile ground for powerful Scottish singers and songwriters and it is clear this...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2016
Dance Moderno
In the early 1960s, before swingers everywhere were listening to the version of ‘The Look of Love’ by Brasil ‘66...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2017
¡Así es… Con salsa
Alfredo Gutierrez y Los Caporales del Magdalena
One of the things that puts non-addicts off salsa is the repetition, the predictability, the trance-inducing level tone. For dancers,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2023
Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău
Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălăşanu
Hârlău is a town in the Romanian region of Moldavia, about 70km from Iaşi. And this record is a deliberate...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2023
