Reviews
Detached
For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020
Instant
Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto
Given that for centuries in griot culture it was considered a solo instrument, the kora has in recent decades proved...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022
Old Tire Swingers
Aside from a Facebook page, on which they good-naturedly promote other bands playing good-time music in and around their hometown...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2013
Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador
With its musicality, playful melodies and wide mix of influences (samba, choro, pop and doo wop are all in the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013
Sabor de Gracia
If you're familiar with the rumba catalana form of music, it may well be from listening to Ojos de Brujo,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Tierra Que Arde
The music of Argentina's rural interior is all the things Buenos Aires' tango, blues, pop and rock are not: it...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2021
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Tibet: Lam la Che (On the Road)
The fragmentation of Tibetan culture over the last half-century has led, for better or worse, to an astounding variety of...
Reviewed by Tom Hamilton in issue: July/2014
Diversions
Based in the Scottish Highlands, but with a line-up also drawn from California, Cape Breton and Ireland, Dàimh (pronounced ‘dive’,...
Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: October/2010
Peripheral Visions
Brooklyn-based guitarist-composer Grant Gordy's first album in more than a decade, Peripheral Visions, is an impressive addition to the chamber...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023
