Reviews
Raul Barboza & Juanjo Dominguez
Raul Barboza & Juanjo Dominguez
With Chango Spasiuk having been lured into the realm of the concert hall, like a latter-day Astor Piazzola, the main...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
3G
Angus Lyon is one of Scotland's most inventive, energetic and versatile musical figures. He's a terrific accordionist, known for his...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
The Invention of Colour
When someone as great as the renowned Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, describes a compatriot's music as ‘like a perfume of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Rock From Taklamakan Desert
The Taklamakan Desert is situated in the south-east of Xinjiang – a province in northwest China that serves as the...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Gondwana Dawn
In paleogeography, Gondwana is the name given to the landmass that 200 million years ago joined what we now know...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Schodsbergs Notebok
Jorun Marie Kvernberg & Øyvind Sandum
The Nordic countries have been assiduous in collecting and codifying their folk music, and these two recordings show two different...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Hotel Univers
Jupiter & Okwess International
For someone releasing his debut album, Jupiter Bokondji – the self-styled ‘rebel general’ of Congolese music – has been around...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Jewish Folksongs from the Shtetl
Olga Mieleszczuk is a classically trained Polish singer and accordionist. In recent years she has focused on Yiddish and Jewish...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
