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Chris Berry & the Bayaka Pygmies
We’ve heard plenty of examples of Bayaka pygmy music in its pure unadulterated state. We’ve also heard it expertly incorporated...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2012
Studio One Rocksteady 2
Soul Jazz’s second excursion into the vaults of Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One productions searches for the blissful sounds of the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2017
String on String
County Antrim harpist, fiddler and vocalist Amy McAllister's pleasingly bright and lyrical voice calls to mind the once ubiquitous Mary...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2017
Yiddish Journey: The Music of Lenka Lichtenberg
For better or worse, Jewish song often contends with a dizzying array of demands, from dealing with painful memory to...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: May/2016
Maletak
Being a ‘master of the diatonic accordion’ doesn’t sound sexy, but veteran Basque composer and bandleader Kepa Junkera makes his...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016
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
Simply Amjad Ali Khan Vols 1-3
These three albums are by one of India's finest classical instrumentalists playing one of the most distinguished instruments, the sarod....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
Fen, Farm & Deadly Water
As intimated by the title of this fresh second album, the Fens – the marshy region in Eastern England with...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2018
Sing For Me
From Ziguinchor, southern Senegal, the musical heartland of the country, Cherif Mbaw’s second international release brings little of his musical...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2010
