Reviews
Fool's Gold
After Vampire Weekend, bring on Fool's Good, America's latest indie rockers to mine African music in search of fresh inspiration....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2010
Zumra
Amira Medunjanin is Bosnia's most charis– matic contemporary singer of sevdah – the lyrical but melancholy song form that has...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2010
Protegid
Carmen Souza may share a Creole tongue with her Cape Verdean-rooted contemporaries, but that's where the comparisons end. Her voice...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2010
Music of the Honey Gatherers
Paban Das Baul is the foremost ambassador of Baul, the roots music from Indian Bengal and Bangladesh. Baul musicians sing...
Reviewed by Ananya Jahanara Kabir in issue: June/2010
Le QuecumBar Live in London
Patrick Saussois & Daniel John Martin
LeQuecumBar is the south-west London pub devoted to Gypsy jazz à la Django Reinhardt and his followers. Offering both major...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2010
Chasing Sparks
Fine instrumentalists such as the fiddler Jeremy Kittel will sound good even when the material they're playing isn't quite worthy...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2010
Abu Nawas Rhapsody
The titles of past albums by the Tunisian-born oud (lute) player and singer Dhafer Youssef mapped out a story: Electric...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2010
Mambo Loco
Aníbal Velasquez y su Conjunto
In the delightful, if fanciful, film The Motorcycle Diaries, one of the most memorable scenes is one in which Che's...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2010
AlCantarAManuel
Mayte Martín made her name in flamenco in her early 20s, winning the coveted La Unión prize back in the...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
Fado
It's been a while since Jorge Fernando has been in the public eye. Having scored a couple of pop hits...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2010
