Reviews
Malkradessa
The Bissau Guinean singer Venilio Evangelista Pan was born in Portugal and lives in London. This, his debut album, is...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Back Home
Cajun accordionist Wilson Savoy, in his liner notes, dedicates this abum ‘not only to the musicians and dance halls’ of...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Shadow and Light
There’s something pleasingly old-fashioned about John Doyle’s second solo outing. Arriving six years after Wayward Son saw him step out...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
King of Kwassa Kwassa: The Best of Kanda Bongo Man
Kanda Bongo Man is one of the most successful exponents of the soukous style of music – the exuberant ‘bubblegum’...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Meçhul: Singles & Rarities
Comparisons with Fats Domino or Elvis Presley don’t really do justice to the impact of Erkin Koray on Turkish music....
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Gabru Panjab Dha
There is more JK than meet the eye. At first glance, the blinged-up boy who graces the cover of this...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Tales from the Weeping Willow: Songs of Murder, Death and Sorrow
Traditional folk songs – they’ve got a body count to put gangsta rap to shame. Naomi Bedford has had a...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Fly Bird, Fly
Muzsikás are Hungary’s premier folk band and, for nearly 40 years, the leading international ambassadors of traditional Hungarian music. They...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Urban Bratsch
One of the earliest French non-Gypsy groups to espouse Gypsy music, mainly of Eastern European origin, Bratsch have 40 years...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Arka’k Su
Here’s another beautiful produc¬tion from the Caprice label and the Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research. Kurash Sultan...
Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
