Reviews
Ayobaness! The Sound of South African House
‘This is the new Africa,’ declares the liner notes. But it isn't really. House music has been thudding out of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010
Fiesta
Chico Bouchikhi co-founded the Gipsy Kings and wrote and arranged many of their 80s hits, before leaving in 1992 to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Memories of John
The many former colleagues and fans of the late bluegrass fiddler, banjoist and songwriter John Hartford needed no persuading to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kalis in issue: July/2010
4
The product of a decade of musical research and cross-continental collaboration, 4 is the fruit of Leni Stern's forays into...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
San Patricio
The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder
Paddy Moloney has long held to the patriotic notion that the roots of just about all the world’s music can...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010
Bir
Zeybek music and dance, popular on both sides of the Aegean (as zeibekiko in Greece), have connections with both the...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: March/2012
Pill Pilots
Bristol-based guitarist Hawes and fiddler Catlow have worked over the years with the likes of Seth Lakeman, Afro Celt Sound...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2020
Minas Terra
A native of Brazil’s Minas Gerais, Philadelphia-based Anne Simoni follows in some seriously venerable footsteps, citing the likes of Milton...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2010
Dialogues with the Tar
The tar (lute) and kamancheh (spike fiddle) are both originally Persian instruments, but talking to musicians in the region, it’s...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2013
Días Felices
No wonder artists and dreamers gravitate to the American south-west in search of landscapes, inspiration and spirit-reviving experiences. For all...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2017
