Reviews
Something Blue
Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra
First, a caveat: Rob Heron and his sharp-as-nails orchestra hail from old Newcastle, the one on the River Tyne in...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
The Natural Selection Australian Songbook
Australia has a long tradition of bush bands: Ned Kelly-a-likes playing tunes from the Aussie folk songbook, an Irish-and-Scottish fuelled...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Ritka Magyar Vol 1
The folk music revival in Hungary, and the dance house scene that was its driving force, are now nigh-on half...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Calypso Sound System
As the UK enjoys summer, as far as it can, it is clearly time for a reconnection with Trinidadian calypso....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Recollections…Reflections… (A Journey)
With the possible exception of Archie Roach, no Aboriginal musician has had a stronger impact or influence than veteran Aussie...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Lullaby for Naila
How right-on do you like your music? The London Lucumi Choir is a community choir that doesn’t select through auditions....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
West to West
If you had to sum up Nii Okai Tagoe in the reductionist shorthand pigeonholing that the modern world demands, ‘Ghanaian...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Qasida
Rosario ‘La Tremendita’ & Mohammad Motamedi
This live CD bears witness to the meeting of Iranian classical singer Mohammad Motamedi and flamenco singer-songwriter Rosario ‘La Tremendita’...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Ratja Yaliyali
Resident on Milingimbi Island, off the north coast of Australia's Arnhem Land, Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu is a cousin of celebrated...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Remembrance
Imagine Tom Waits heading north and living for a while with Sámi musicians in Norway. Steinar Raknes has a voice...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
