Reviews

Zingaros

Gitango

The idea of three Argentinian academics coming together to pit their musical knowledge and skills as Zingaros (Gypsy musicians) does...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Get Happy

Pink Martini

Rufus Wainwright’s glamorous swagger makes for a natural fit with Pink Martini’s global cocktail lounge sophistication. He’s the pick of...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Nothing Can Stop Us

Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers

Cornell Campbell has had a long and illustrious career that includes stints as a studio vocalist for such legendary producers...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

You Me Bullets Love

The Bombay Royale

Take a bunch of session players, add two Indian Australian singers, then order several helpings of theatrical, high-energy Bollywood pastiche:...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Black Birds are Dancing Over Me

Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective

For those who do not know him or his work, Danny Michel is a folk-rock singer from Ontario, whose reflective,...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Mosaïk

Vishtèn

Many artists from many different places feel that in order to bring contemporary audiences to traditional material, they need to...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Pura Vida Conspiracy

Gogol Bordello

It’d be a cliché to mention that salty yeast-based vegetarian spread in relation to whether one has a taste forHütz...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

OneZero

Nitin Sawhney

On April 6 this year, Sawhney recorded an unplugged session before a live audience direct to vinyl, without the safety...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Flight on Light

Manos Achalinotopoulos

‘New Age’ and ‘tranquil’ are the first words that come to mind in describing this disc from Greek clarinetist Manos...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Agam

Stuart Masters & Rishi Ranjan

This is an enjoyable, if not shatteringly novel, collaboration between a couple of musicians who met by chance in a...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013