Reviews
Chantent en Français
Chantent en Français starts with a jaunty bout of string-picking, strumming, a squeeze of accordion, a parting curtain of strings...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
Vol 3: The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk 1969-1980
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Analog Africa here return to the rich canon of Benin’s finest, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, with The Skeletal Essences of...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: July/2013
Albala
Like his compatriot Bassekou Kouyaté, it has taken Samba Touré a while to emerge as a star of Malian music....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
The Reason Why Vol 1
Goran Kajfe Subtropic Arkestra
Perhaps feeling the need to explain himself after X/Y, Goran Kajfeš’ critically acclaimed but impossible-to-categorise album, The Reason Why Vol...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013
Tombstone
The Hot 8 Brass Band have made a huge impact in the UK over the last six months. Towards the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013
The Revelers
High above the swamp of recent recordings by Cajun and zydeco artists, sits The Revelers’ self-produced, debut album, thanks to...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2013
Bigger Than Home
The hang – the flying saucer-shaped Swiss-made percussive instrument that, although played by palms and fingers, sounds not unlike a...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2013
Turkey: The Ceremony of the Bektashi Djem
Many visitors to Turkey will have witnessed the ritual of the Mevlevi ‘Whirling Dervishes,’ either in a performance for tourists...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2013
South Sudan Street Survivors
General Paolino featuring Mama Celina
It’s great to hear music from South Sudan, especially on a reputable label like IRL. But it’s baffling that the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2013
The Living Room Sessions Part 2
This is the eagerly awaited second volume of the outstanding Living Room Sessions, the first of which won the legendary...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2013
