Reviews
Fire & Fortune
There's a strong tradition of classically trained musicians and composers who have been absorbed by and into the folk tradition...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Viene de Mi
If you thought Argentinian music was all just about tango, then how very wrong you were. Cumbia, Latin America's dance...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
On the Edge
This isn't Frank Solivan's first rodeo by any stretch, but On the Edge, his debut recording for Compass, could be...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Stop Yu Loafin
Part of the original series that helped launch London's Greensleeves record label, the 1978 album Stop Yu Loafin has only...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Arzu: Songs of the Uyghurs
Sanubar Tursun comes from a family of musicians and has performed since childhood. The Uyghur people live in north-west China...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
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
