Reviews
String Theory
Galway quartet We Banjo 3 here press home their ‘Celticgrass’ crossover credentials with their most confident and accomplished release to...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2016
Tambours Croisés: Chapter Two
This album comes, frustratingly, with very poor liner notes, which is infuriating as this CD is very good indeed. What...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Khmer Rouge Survivors: They Will Kill You, If You Cry
This third release in Glitterbeat's Hidden Musics series, produced by Ian Brennan, features some remarkable Cambodian musicians who survived the...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: October/2016
Tankadi
Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove Gang
Now almost 70 years old, Guinean saxophonist Mamadou ‘Maître’ Barry has been making music since the 60s, when he led...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016
Beyond Addis Vol 2
The legacy of Mulatu Astatké rolls on splendidly on this second volume of contemporary interpretations of his Ethio-jazz style. Astatké...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2016
Dakar Suite
Back in 2006, the German-born singer and jazz guitarist Leni Stern found herself performing at Mali's Festival in the Desert....
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2016
Wondrous Traveler
In more than one aspect, this is a unique recording of a new group uniting two stars based in and...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2016
Ojos Cerrados
Flamenco guitarists are constantly seeking new approaches and settings. Andreas Arnold, born in Germany and now based in Spain and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2016
Jigdoll
The album begins with a soft low hum, then lyrical vocal layers build up, like cumulus clouds across a twilight...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2016
