Reviews
Afritanga – The Sound of AfroColombia
For many people, Colombia is the land of Shakira and high octane salsa. Bogotá bursts with salsa clubs and Cali...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2011
How Shall I Say?
Ghazals are at the core of the Urdu literary tradition, which reached its zenith in North India during the 1...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011
The Imam Baildi Cookbook
This is the second album by the Athens-based band, and it's nothing if not varied. Taking some of their own...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2011
Blind Note
Muziek Publique is a young label with just three CDs in their catalogue. Their latest, Blind Note, deserves to bring...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011
Follow Me Down
When your big break comes at the age of 12, jamming on-stage with the likes of Ricky Skaggs and David...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2011
Psychedelic Pernambuco
Like a balding prog-rock lover at a record fair, European labels and DJs continue to trawl Brazil's 1970s back catalogue...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2011
Solla Solla Volume 1
Although not well-known in the West, Ilaiyaraaja was reigning king of South India's popular music long before AR Rahman became...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011
Rags & Robes
Twenty four-year-old Scottish folk singer Ewan McLennan's star is very much on the rise. In February, he won the Horizon...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2011
Cannibal Courtship
Dengue Fever's latest album is a step up from their last studio effort, Venus on Earth, in 2008. The band...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2011
Do Amor e dos Dias
Camané's latest album, Of Love and Days, is unlikely to be the easiest of listening for newcomers to fado but...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2011
