Reviews
Con-Fusion
This steel pan drummer from Trinidad was one of the founding members of cult the outfits 20th Century Steel Band...
Reviewed by John M Gomez in issue: June/2013
The Indispensable 1955-1962
Once music goes out of its 50-year copyright, open season follows on the reissues market. Two issues ago I reviewed...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2015
Trippin’ the Life Fantastic!
Possibly the perfect rock crossover album, this combines all the vim and vigour of bhangra music with prog-rock stadium vocals...
Reviewed by Jill Turner in issue: July/2010
Un Çhengey: One Tongue
One Tongue melds three voices from three different Celtic song traditions – Scottish, Irish and Manx Gaels. Ruth Keggin is...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016
Black Smoke
Born on remote Groote Eylandt, the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off coastal Arnhem Land, Emily Wurramara's family...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2016
A Moving Sound
Founded by Taiwanese singer Mia Hsieh and American musician Scott Prairie, A Moving Sound draw on a rich history, offering...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012
Piazzolla 2021
French prodigy Louise Jallu took an interest in tango when she was five and has been playing virtuoso bandoneón since...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2021
Mbalimaou
The first album in four years from this much-loved Malian singer and guitarist finds him on fairly familiar ground, but...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2015
The Tokyo Concert
This stunning live album of Astor Piazzolla was recorded at Tokyo’s Shibuya Kokaido theatre on November 21, 1982, at the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2012
