Reviews
Zik’r East/Zik’r West
Born in Morocco to Jewish parents and raised in Paris, Ruimy spent seven years as a banker and financier before...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2015
Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
The centenary of Ewan MacColl's birth provides the perfect opportunity for a remarkable collection of artists to celebrate this unique,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2015
The Bold Kerryman
Known as one of Ireland's foremost singers and accordionists, Seamus Begley has variously recorded with members of his famous musical...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2015
Good is Good
This is an album of powerful instrumental jazz, based on the ancient traditional music of the Dagaare tribe and Guo...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2015
Global Grove
Born in Papua New Guinea, with Aboriginal ancestry from the Djaberadjabera people of western Australia, Adrian Fabila Tjupurrula (aka Tjupurru)...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2015
Redaction
Although a Pākehā (New Zealander of European descent), ethnomusicologist Dr Richard Nunns is a leading authority on taonga pūoro, a...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2015
Nyanza
This is the third album from this Kenya-London collaboration and it's the most satisfying and varied set they’ve created yet....
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2015
Portraits 30
Polish Radio's series of releases called MuzykaZródel (Sources of Polish Folk Music) are a superb introduction to the country's regional...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2015
