Reviews
University of Gnawa
Aziz Sahmaoui is a marakchi – not a broad-brimmed crooner of Mexican love songs, but a native of Marrakech in...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The Wilders
Bluegrass, country, rock‘n’roll, honky-tonk, spit‘n'sawdust story-telling: call it what you like, this four-piece band from Kansas City, Missouri, do it...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Banquet of Boxes – A Celebration of the English Melodeon
Lots of jokes come my way because people know I like squeeze box music. Recently someone sent a cartoon showing...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
MeStissage
Teofilo Chantre was one of the first of the new wave of Cape Verdean singer-songwriters to depart from strict tradition,...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Adelphi Has To Fly
Having been a BBC Young Folk Awards finalist in 2009, Lucy Ward has emerged from the Derby folk club circuit...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The First Album
The first two releases in Analog Africa’s new ‘limited dance edition’ series move on from the label’s splendid compilation releases,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Awda
The oud player Adel Salameh has been carving out a name for himself around the world since he left his...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Kosher Nostra: Jewish Gangsters Greatest Hits
If the brilliant DJ Shantel had called this My Biggest Fattest Jewish Wedding Ever then it might end up selling...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Songs From Badissa
Cameroonian vocal¬ist and multi¬instrumentalist Erik Aliana and his band Korongo Jam are attracting their fair share of attention, and no...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
