Reviews

Tale Yâd

Oneira

This disc could have been an interesting excursion into the traditions of northern Greece, the Black Sea and Iran, all...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2012

Two Fine Days

Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys

Lyrically original songs and delicate instrumentals mix and merge on Two Fine Days, from young duo Jack McNeill and Charlie...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012

La Voix de la Révolution

Sory Kandia Kouyaté

Sory Kandia Kouyaté was a link between the ancient griot tradition of sung history and the modern popular music of...

Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: June/2012

The Vice of the People

The Albion Band

Folk-rock guv’nor Ashley Hutchings has passed on the title deeds of The Albion Band to his son Blair Dunlop and,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2012

Essentially Invisible to the Eye

Karen Tweed

I can't remember ever seeing Karen Tweed's [pictured right] name alone. It has always been Karen Tweed and Ian Carr...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2012

Destiny

Abdelli

Born in Algeria during the independence war, Abderrahmane Abdelli first came to wider attention with his 1995 Real World album...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012

YO

Roberto Fonseca

A visual and aural treat from Havana's proudest son, who lays himself bare on YO (that's ‘I’ in Spanish) with...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2012

Karantamba

Bai ‘Ndigal’ Janha

Tiny Gambia has always struggled to maintain a musical identity beside its mighty neighbour, Senegal. For long periods its music...

Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: June/2012

Bending the Dark

The Imagined Village

Here is music that illustrates how all culture begins as an idea in the human mind. The third Imagined Village...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2012

Sleeper

Kan

It's hard not to be distracted by the fact that this band was born from two of the 21st century's...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2012