Reviews
Journey Through Latin America
Much like tributes and electronica cover albums, classical celebrations of other genres are liable to prompt highly musical yawns or...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2013
Somebody Shake the Tree
Mihirangi has always trod a very independent musical path. Raised on the road with her musician parents, she’s a born...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013
Zambia Roadside 2
SWP Records certainly can’t be accused of over¬exploiting their archive of field recordings; it was ten years ago that the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2013
Tibet: Songs from Exile
Fifty years after the Chinese occupation of Tibet, there are still few recordings of genuine traditional music from Tibet’s rural...
Reviewed by Mark Trewin in issue: July/2013
Azar
It’s something of a cliché to declare that a particular album would make a great soundtrack for a long journey....
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2013
The Art of the Geomungo Sanjo
This reviewer must admit to being a big fan of sanjo, the extended, almost jazzy Korean instrumental genre. It typically...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: July/2013
Life Death Tears Dream
This is the third release by the Vancouver-based ensemble that features Lan Tung on Taiwanese erhu (two-string spiked fiddle), Haiqiong...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2013
The Devil & the Diamond
Back with a pared-down sound and a Buddhist-inspired spiritual bent, Brooklyn fusionists Matuto have ditched the surf guitar that marked...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2013
