Reviews
Pencaitland
The seven-strong folk collective from Edinburgh who have made their name blending Celtic folk songs with the old¬time string band...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Vel
The fifth album from the British-Asian singer and 2001 Mercury Music prize nominee finds her digging deeper than ever before...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Alento
The Portuguese accordion quartet Danças Ocultas describe their instrument of choice as a ‘dream machine’. Ever since they got together...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Reinas del Matute
Las Migas are a rare find: a group of four Barcelona-based women from Catalonia, Andalusia, France and Germany, creating stunningly...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Tamburising: Lost Music of the Balkans
The tamburica, which comes in various shapes and sizes that may resemble a guitar, a long-necked mandolin, or a bass...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Mabrouk
The polyrhythms of Gnawa music have long lent themselves to jazz: Pharaoh Sanders, Don Cherry and Bill Laswell all famously...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
From Night to the Edge of Day
The birth of her first child inspired the Iranian-born Canadian resident Azam Ali to record an album of lullabies as...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Peace Love Ukulele
With his new catchphrase – ‘if everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place’ – Hawaiian ukulele...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Porta do Coraçao
Maybe you’ve heard of him through Rabih Abou-Khalil and the brilliant Em Português – a collaboration on which the Lebanese...
Reviewed by Gonçaio Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Dub Revolutionaries
Dub music may have originated in the Caribbean but it has mutated over the decades. When the first waves of...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
