Reviews
Ghana Funk from the 70s
Ghana, like Benin, might not have had a Fela Kuti or a Hugh Masekela, but it always had the funk....
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2010
Bride of the Zar
Rango is the name of a wooden xylophone and of a tradition that stretches back to Sudanese tribal culture, to...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2010
Chaal Baby
Hailing from überchic Brooklyn in the melting pot of New York City, Red Baraat have a studied multi-ethnic cool reminiscent...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2010
Music of Central Asia Vol Nine: In the Footsteps of Babur
This ninth CD in the impressive Aga Khan Trust for Culture series of music from Central Asia takes Babur, the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2010
Shoshan
Ready for something new and exciting? How about qawwali (Sufi devotional song), Rajasthani folk singing, Indian classical music, flamenco and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2010
L'Ésprit Créole
With just a few years of performing and a handful of recordings behind him, Cedric Watson has fastened a firm...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2010
Mulatu Steps Ahead
An influential star of the golden age of Ethiopian popular music, Mulatu Astatke was also the first African student at...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2010
The Rough Guide to Arabic Lounge
Lounge – it's a tricky old concept. ‘Mood music that evoked exotic elsewheres’ is how the liner notes define its...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2010
La Belle Etoile
Bands with numerous members have a certain attraction, often making you wish you were part of their line-up: The Pogues...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2010
Ililta! New Ethiopian Dance Music
You could be forgiven for presuming that, such is the Éthiopiques-fuelled fascination for Ethiopian music from the 1960s and 70s,...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2010
