Reviews
Family
Family, the second offering from the ridiculously young and absurdly talented Canadian siblings Qristina and Quinn Bachand finally reaches the...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Eureka!
Barcelona has long been a hotbed of musical experimentation, producing an almost ridiculously long list of top artists from rumba...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Balkan Reggae
Mahala Rai Banda – the youthful Bucharest Gypsy band who mix brass and strings – are no newcomers to being...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
The Liberty to Choose
The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, compiled by Ralph Vaughan Williams and A L Lloyd, was published in 1959....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Welcome to the Family
Bosnian guitarist Igor Sekulović grew up in Banja Luka, loving the sevdah music his mother and aunts sang. He ended...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Arctic Spirit: Music from the Siberian North
Sakha, or Yakutia, is a land of mammoths, gold and diamonds: a Siberian territory that sits atop permafrost and is...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Carry Me Home
The theatrical and often comical approach to their kaleidoscope of Americana makes you want to see how The Dustbowl Revival...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Go Calypsonian
This selection from the ever ebullient Lord Mouse follows 2010's eponymous debut. The purpose remains unaltered: electric and eclectic calypso...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Young, Gifted and Yellow
This new anthology of albino dancehall star Yellowman flaunts his laugh-out-loud sexual swagger over two CDs. His massive hit ‘Zungguzungguguzungguzeng’...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
