Reviews
Debademba
Abdoulaye Traoré & Mohamed Diaby
The collaborative spirit is alive and well on Debademba, an album ostensibly created by two 20-something Paris-based West Africans: guitarist...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2011
Homing In
This is the second album by the poet Ian McMillan and his orchestra – five musicians led by accordion player...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2011
Lost Causes
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird have come on a long way from their 2005 debut album The Broken Tongue...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2011
Last Band Standing
Who says you have to actually live in Eastern Europe to play Eastern European sounds? Not Forty Thieves Orkestar, a...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2011
Keramello
Unni Boksasp knows about traditional Norwegian singing. She's studied it in depth, and understands its history and its regional styles....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2011
Beginners Guide To African Blues
This isn't the place to debate the African origins of the blues. All we really need note is that modern...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2011
Stambeli: The Legacy of the Black Tunisians
The heavy clacking of the qaraqab (iron castanets) and the hypnotising melodies of the gimbri (three-stringed lute) make it easy...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2011
The Right Combination
Joel Savoy, Jesse Lege & the Cajun Country Revival
Joel Savoy (pronounced the Cajun French way, ‘Joelle Savoie’) has become a central figure in the ‘Acadian Uprising’, a second-generation...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: July/2011
Electro Classical
The son of a leading Hindustani vocalist and revered tabla player, Bickram Ghosh first came to prominence with Ravi Shankar's...
Reviewed by Jon Mitchell in issue: July/2011
