Reviews
Tradi-Mods vs Rockers – Alternative Takes on Congotronics
The Congotronics remix album was inevitable, of course. The primitively electrified ambience of Konono No 1 and the Kasai Allstars...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
The Great Dark Water
Andrew Cronshaw’s recent albums and live performances have been consistently fascinating. He’s an eclectic collaborator, who has brought together a...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Officium Novum
Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble
In 1993 The Hilliard Ensemble released an album of early music polyphony with Jan Garbarek improvisi ng a saxophone line...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Esengo Ya Ko Bina
Grupo Lokito, a group of London-based Congolese and Latin musicians, have been simmering on the London live music scene for...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Time is Now
Turkish ex-pat Necmi Calvi spent 20 years of his adult life in London; where – under the alias Oojami –...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Found Music
Amit Chaudhuri continues his experiments from This is Not Fusion, and it’s a rich and provocative journey he’s taking us...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Collaborations
Ravi Shankar & George Harrison
Given the high profile of the collaborators, it’s surprising that the various joint projects, undertaken over more than 25 years...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
Al Wa’ Debt
Va Fan Fahreareanother instance of the north-west European love affair with all sounds Balkan. But the 11-strong brass band have...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
The Last Chance: Eight Songs on Israel/Palestine
Leon Rosselson, Reem Kelani & Janet Russell
I seem to have been emotionallyinvolved with the Israel/Palestine conflict for most of my life’, explains satirist and political singer-songwriter...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
O Houria
It’s a hard heart that can’t listen to Souad Massi’s carillon voice and not be moved. The Algerian singer-songwriter has...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2011
