Reviews
SÓS
Mercedes Peón is an enormous talent who has taken creative risks with each of her albums, boldly merging the experimental...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011
Hakili
Mamady Keita is, pretty much, the Ravi Shankar of the djembé. More than any other artist, he has taken the...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: March/2011
Traivellers Joy
The young Scottish singer Emily Smith has garnered some high praise over her last few albums, and with this set...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
Ashore
June Tabor was born in Warwickshire, right in the middle of England, where Shakespeare came from. You can’t be more...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2011
Roots Travellers
‘Gypsy’ is a term mistakenly given to Indian migrants who arrived in Constan¬tinople around 1,000 years ago: the locals, having...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2011
Méditerranées
Luxury liners take a similar route – from the Rock to the Bosphorus, skirting the coasts of Spain, France, Italy,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
Live at the Roundhouse, London
Kiwi nu-dub/soul outfit Fat Freddy’s Drop meticulously craft their studio albums, but nothing really compares to their live act. On-stage,...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2011
I Vine Speil (In the Mirror of Wine)
Mahsa Vahdat is one of the most courageous and enterprising of contemporary Iranian singers. Courageous bec ause despite restrictions on...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2011
Indonesia: Songs from the Islands of Flores &Solor
Flores and Solor are part of a chain of narrow volcanic islands located just west of Timor Leste, the administrative...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: March/2011
Sublime Strings – South Indian Classical Music
The violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman is part of a long line of disciples of the famous Tyagaraja, an 18th-century composer and...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2011
