Reviews
Bright Land
The San Francisco-based quintet the Crooked Jades rival the Carolina Chocolate Drops as the foremost proponents of pre-radio old-time rural...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Brasilianos 3
With the other albums in this series, it was hard not to be impressed by the sheer virtuosity on offer...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia
One of the oddities of Brazilian music is the lack of strong, assertive male vocals: the kind of voices that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Nootee
The richness of sub-Saharan West African music continues to unfold before our ears as regional styles are identified and new...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Metamorphosis
South Korea's Geomungo Factory are the most exciting group I've seen in the past year. Contemporary, traditional and inspirational. Their...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Live At The Quecumbar
Benoit Viellefon is a 30-something French guitarist and singer who resides in the UK. Viellefon is a dapper dresser –...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Dancing on Roses, Dancing on Cinders
The raw brass band music that accompanies all important celebrations in the Balkans has been given a serious spit and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Oud Vibrations
Ahmed Abdul Malik & Chick Ganimian
At first glance this punning titled reissue of two rare ‘East meets West’ jazz LPs from the late 1950s may...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Accidente de Tango
Electronic tango is now dustier than any ancient 78 by Carlos Gardel. The form had its moment, and its high...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
