Reviews
Early Years: Madagascar Cassette Archives
Jazz had Miles Davis, rock had Jimi Hendrix, and tsapiky – the frantic, guitar-driven music from Toliara, Madagascar – has...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: June/2020
Curandero
The US/Mexican frontier is a hotspot of hope and anguish, drugs and guns, rednecks and refugees. Orkesta Mendoza, formed by...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn
While her husband Béla Fleck has been busily recording with African musicians, Abigail Washburn has forged a productive collaboration with...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2020
Asì Seguimos Andando
Named after a mountain in Argentina's north-west, this impressively talented all-female trio pay homage in everything they do to that...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
Dithis/Duo
Sibling duo Joy and Andrew Dunlop grew up in Connel, Argyll, in the western Highlands, where Joy immersed herself in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020
Tibetan Buddhist Religious Music from the Kagyu School
Phursung Kelak's life was characterised by disruption and change. Aged 13, he joined a monastery in his native Tibet. Eight...
Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: June/2020
Folk Music of China Vol 5: Aboriginal Folk Songs of Taiwan
Most of the Austronesianlanguage songs from Taiwan featured on the latest instalment of Naxos World's Folk Music of China series...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: June/2020
Lys/Mørke
Avant-garde bassist Sigurd Hole recorded Lys/Mørke on the island of Sørværet in the Norwegian arctic. If it was recorded anywhere...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020
