Reviews
Balkan Grooves
And so the Balkan train rolls on. Berlin label Eastblok – one of the first to the party with DJ...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Jive & Soul: The Very Best Of
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens/The Soul Brothers
It’s highly unusual to combine two different artists on a ‘Best Of’ set like this, but the teaming of two...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Mara la Fatìa
Translating as ‘working is hard and bitter,’ Mara la Fatìa is this outstanding Salento musician’s second solo CD. Castrignanò debuted...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Guia
It wasn't until Caetano Veloso spoke highly of him in his blog that Antonio Zambujo began getting the due recognition...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Officium Novum
Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble
In 1993 The Hilliard Ensemble released an album of early music polyphony with Jan Garbarek improvisi ng a saxophone line...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Gamelan of Central Java XIV: Ritual Sounds of Sekaten
Sekaten is the sacred gamelan music. In Java, it is played in only a few mosques, and only during the...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Child of Independence
Opening track ‘Yebo’ sets the pace: bursting with warmth, vibrant and upbeat, it proves Thab ani N yo ni is...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Esengo Ya Ko Bina
Grupo Lokito, a group of London-based Congolese and Latin musicians, have been simmering on the London live music scene for...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Time is Now
Turkish ex-pat Necmi Calvi spent 20 years of his adult life in London; where – under the alias Oojami –...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Found Music
Amit Chaudhuri continues his experiments from This is Not Fusion, and it’s a rich and provocative journey he’s taking us...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
