Reviews
Street Clan
It's difficult to know exactly what to make of Street Clan, Invisible System's second album, as it's overall such a...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2011
Nada Ananda
Simon Thacker & the Nava Rasa Ensemble
This disc brings together two composers – one British, one of Indian descent. Both have a taste for the eclectic,...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
Gayageum Sanzo
The primary Korean instrumental genre that bridges folk and art traditions is sanjo (on these releases romanised as ‘sanzo’). A...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: October/2011
Cumbia! Bestial
This thrilling compilation offers a truly cross-continental perspective, bringing together cutting-edge remixes of cumbia by DJs from Bogotá, Mexico and...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: October/2011
Mugham
When a man's voice overflows with passion, and when you're told that he's singing ancient Persian poems, you want to...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: October/2011
The Rough Guide to English Folk
This is, in a sense, not one but two Rough Guides. The first is a selection of 17 tracks compiled...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2011
Öptüm
Sezen Aksu is routinely hailed as the ‘Queen of Turkish Pop’. But it's a tag that grossly underplays her talent...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: October/2011
What the Folk?!
2008's Fela Kalappal took the Hungarian band's repertoire of music out of the Carpathians and pulled it into the shape...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2011
The Hare's Corner
Released in his native Ireland in 2008, Cúinne An Ghiorria (The Hare's Corner) is the solo debut by Kíla co-founder...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2011
Africa Caribe
To inject some life into their catalogue of 4,000 albums, the current owners of Fania Records turned over master tapes...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2011
