Reviews
Peace on Earth
Ara Dinkjian’s groundbreaking work with Night Ark is a landmark of global jazz, but these two CDs, recorded live in...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Night Train for Lovers and Thieves
Gypsy Groovz Orchestra Goes Tuttimundi
Most new Balkan brass records try to capitalise on the genre's reputation as being fantastic dance music – each vying...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
El Último Trago
Spanish diva Buika is used to collaboration: the raspy–voiced nuevo flamenco singer once recorded Balearic beats singles with techno producers...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
My Dusty Road
In these digital days of iTunes and Spotify, in which the disc and the very notion of music as a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Sweet Sweet Jamaica
Gilzene & The Blue Light Mento Band
Before soca came calypso; before salsa there was son. And if you’ve ever wondered what Jamaica danced to before ska,...
Reviewed by Simon Lee in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo
Steve Martin’s talent as a clawhammer and Scruggs-style banjoist fares on this album much as his talent as a comic...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol 3
When American banjo player Bela Fleck decided to investigate his instrument's origins in Africa, he set in motion a film...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Arrogance, Ignorance & Greed
The songs and music of Show of Hands – the West Country duo Steve Knightley and Phil Beer – create...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
I Can See the Gates of Heaven
Marta Sebestyén is foremost amongst Hungary’s traditional international fame thanks to her recordings with the band Muzsikás, released on Joe...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
