Reviews
The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco
Compiler Herman Fuselier – a writer and broadcaster in Opelousas, Louisiana – states that not one of the artists on...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Radio Moskova
How the anguished bass laments, taunted by the merciless, provoking accordion. But they forgive and make up, dancing around each...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Congo – Pygmy Polyphonies from North Congo
This is a stunning collection of one of the world’s most extraordinary vocal expressions: yeli, the polyphonic yodeling from the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Our Latin Thing
This special edition package celebrates the 40th anniversary of a very special night. On Thursday August 26 1971, the stellar...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Jiangnan Sizhu Music
Two more Chinese virtuosi, another enjoyable record. The sizhu in the title refers to ‘silk and bamboo’, as in the...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Golden Beirut: New Sounds From Lebanon
Two years ago, I spent a week in Beirut lecturing to journal¬ism students. In the evenings, after classes were done,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Romeo Scaccia meets Kočani Orkestar
The notion of a collaboration between an Italian pianist and film composer and a Macedonian brass band, might inspire anticipation...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Cigala & Tango
Tango and flamenco have elemental, thematic, tonal and rhythmic differences due to their entirely separate, and exceptional, cultural histories. On...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
