Reviews
Brésil: Le Chant du Nordeste 1928-1950
With Brazil's north-east so strongly identified in recent decades with the whirl of forró, you'd be forgiven for thinking its...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2010
Afro Rock Vol 1
Originally released in 2001 on the Kona label, Afro Rock Volume 1 now receives a thoroughly welcome reissue on Strut,...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2010
Music of Central Asia Vol Eight: Rainbow
Kronos Quartet with Alim & Fargana Qasimov & Homayun Sakhi
This clearly shows the Music of Central Asia discs moving in a different direction – away from purely traditional music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2010
Cimbalomduó
The subtitle of this disc – ‘Cimbalom for Four Hands’ – is slightly misleading. It suggests cimbalom duets on one...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2010
The Desperate Battle of the Birds
The second album from one of today's top young Scottish folk acts shares its arresting name with a well-known piobaireachd...
Reviewed by Susan Wilson in issue: June/2010
Music of Central Asia Vol Seven: In the Shrine of the Heart
With its seventh volume, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture series focuses for the first time on Uzbekistan and traditional...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2010
Ouaga Affair: Hard Won Sound Of The Upper Volta 1974-1978
Ouaga Affair collects 15 tracks from the musical boom of the 1970s Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). But to see...
Reviewed by Ollie Sanders in issue: June/2010
Oro
Grammy-nominated darlings Choc Quib Town are the real deal: a trio who preserve the heritage of such traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
Bled Memory
I often wish reviewers would appraise albums on the basis of what they actually are rather than what they want...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: June/2010
Mango Mangüé
The Vampisoul label is a gem, constantly unearthing surprises, and this fabulous collection rediscovers the Cuban singer– composer El Gran...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: June/2010
