Reviews
Zimbabwe Awake Vol 1
Whatever view one takes of Robert Mugabe's political leadership, there is no question that the world's media provides a very...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Gypsy Unity
Angelo Debarre & Marius Apostol
Born to a caravan-dwelling, Romani Manouche family, Angelo Debarre grew up with the music of Django Reinhardt. He began learning...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2014
Longing for the Past: The 78 rpm Era in Southeast Asia
Dust-to-Digital's latest release, a four-CD compilation of some of the earliest recorded music in South-East Asia, is a treasure trove...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Apr/May/2014
Almah
Bassist Avishai Cohen is one of those rare jazz musicians who is comfortable playing across multiple genres, and he has...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Apr/May/2014
Y Bardd Anfarwol
In October 2011, Welsh musician Gareth Bonello, aka The Gentle Good, journeyed to the Chinese city of Chengdu, spending six...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2014
Haiti Direct – Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds 1960-1978
What a truly wonderful collection of music there is on Strut's latest outing into the musical unknown! While Cuban and...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Apr/May/2014
The South African Meeting of Viramundo
After standing down as Brazil's minister of culture, the legendary singer Gilberto Gil undertook a southern hemisphere tour to Australia...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamso in issue: Apr/May/2014
Charge
Alumni of the folk music degree course at Newcastle University, this energetic five-piece make a very modern marriage of ceilidh...
Reviewed by Graeme Thomson in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Rough Guide to the Best African Music You've Never Heard
In The Rough Guide to the Best Music You've Never Heard, a book published in 2009, this author explored some...
Reviewed by Nigel Willamson in issue: Apr/May/2014
De Platino
This Belgium-based band take their name (meaning ‘the bodysnatcher’) from a novel by Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguay's most celebrated fiction-writer....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2014
