Reviews
Kopolo
The charming tropical rainforest recordings of this Cameroonian pygmy group have won them quite a fanbase. Unfortunately, this latest instalment...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2013
Kala Jula
Samba Diabate & Vincent Zanetti
In essence, this album by Malian griot Samba Diabate and Swiss world music specialist and multi-instrumentalist Vincent Zanetti is a...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2013
Le Soleil est Levé
Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole's recent tour of the UK found him wowing audiences and, hopefully, represents the start of...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2013
Kalamburage
SkaZka were formed by two youths, Artur Gortatschov and Valentin Butt, who shared a homeland in the former Soviet Union...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2013
Komme No Heim
If you don’t know your stev from your lokk, or your skillingsviser from your bygdevise, have No fear. Jon Anders...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2013
Grey Falcon
Svetlana Spajic has been researching and performing the village music of Serbs in Serbia itself and further afield for many...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2013
Pizzica Indiavolata
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
There's no question that this spirited, acclaimed seven-piece acoustic ensemble is the vanguard of the effervescent present-day musical scene in...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2013
Money Isn’t Everything
Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra
They may be based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne but Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra have fallen for old-time Americana hook,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2013
Arriva la Banda!
The music of Salento’s BandAdriatica is redolent of endless voyages around the winding Adriatic Sea on a ship where different...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2013
Amaratch Musica
EthioSonic is the sister series to Ethiopiques, documenting modern Ethiopian influenced sounds from around the globe, no matter whether it’s...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Apr/May/2013
