Reviews
Escape – The Story of Jan Baalsrud and the Shetland Bus
The Arctic wastelands to the north of Norway can be the most desolate of places on earth… And yet in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
Une Vie Formidable
‘Oh, for a beaker full of the warm South!’ It would not surprise me were I to learn that Keats...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2011
Accordeon: Musette/Swing Paris 1925-1954
Yet another hefty chunk of plastic from Frémeaux & Associés, this is the fourth volume of a series of compilations...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: March/2011
RE: Plugged
The irony with remixes is that they tend to make something very much of-the-moment while simultaneously cursing it to sound...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2011
Chintamani: Precious Jewel
Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino
As implied by its title, a hybrid mysticism underpins the music of this CD. Chintamani is a Buddhist-Hindu mystical jewel...
Reviewed by Carole Pegg in issue: March/2011
Big Like This
When Corrina Hewat and David Milligan boldly launched this folk big-band back in 2003 they recruited a Who’s Who of...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011
FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
Every musical should have a soundtrack album which can be bought by people who loved the show so much that...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2011
Dendere Ngoma (Music Nest)
Spirit Talk Mbira feat. Chartwell Dutiro
A promoter in Holland had booked [Spirit Talk Mbira] thinking that the band was full of African people ‘ recalls...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Watching the Well
Naim is a jazz label with an outstanding contemporary artist roster and a reputation for top-flight sound quality and production....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
