Reviews
Sketches of Ethiopia
What’s in a name? Well, the album’s two longest tracks, ‘Assosa Derache’ and ‘Motherland Abay’, both composed, arranged and produced...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Souleymane
Debademba consists of singer Mohamed Diaby, who comes from a Malian griot family and was raised in Abidjan in the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Clychau Dibon
The Welsh-born Catrin Finch has made her name playing harp with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, yet she’s...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Vintage Americana
Ian McCamy is one of the leading fiddlers in old¬time American music circles. His illustrious playing has sparkled throughout albums...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Star Rise: Remixed
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
This is the latest classic in the Real World Gold series. As such, it is a little peculiar, being a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Oldies and Old Time
Ivan Rosenberg seems to care about the material he creates or interprets, as well as about who’s listening to the...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Anthology of Indian Classical Music: A Tribute to Alain Daniélou
This three-LP set, recorded by Alain Daniélou, was first released in 1955. The recordings were groundbreaking in the 50s for...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Otros Aires 4
Is there any mileage left in tango electronica? Let me think for a picosecond. No. While Buenos Aires septet Otros...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Oberlin 1968
It’s the 1960s. They wear swinging, Carnaby Street clobber. Their performances are famously forthright and intense, yet funny and entertaining....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
