Reviews
The Sound of the Soul
Rarely do traditional Chinese instrumental recordings come in handsome packaging, with English and Chinese texts so well laid out. Rarely...
Reviewed by Joanna Lee in issue: March/2011
El Duque de la Bachata
Dukes rarely make good dance music. Think of the Duque de Edimburgo, or the Duque de Westminster: both rubbish with...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: March/2011
Songs from a Zulu Farm
Now in his 70 th year, Ladysmith’s indefat– igable founder Joseph Shabalala shows no signs of slowing down and continues...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
An Adventure: 1999-2009
Mike Marshall is an itinerant vagabond of a musician, and a Johnny Appleseed of the mandolin. For 30-odd years the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2011
Follow Your Bliss
This album sounds great. Recorded to tape on entirely old-school gear, it’s full of the saturated warmth that audiophile purists...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: March/2011
Portrait
Well established and widely respected in her native Argentina, María Volonté is largely unknown in Europe. This, her European debut,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2011
The Antiquated &The Arcane
Certain things give the roots revival and environmental con-sciousness a bad name. Those New Age shops full of joss sticks,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2011
The Last Communiqué
The Last Communiqué is the final part of a trilogy of albums by the Beirut-based composer, guitarist, singer and vocalist...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Over the Rainbow
Let’s dispense with the jokes first. The late great Hawaiian vocalist and ukulele player Israel ‘Iz’ Kama– kawiwo’ole was so...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2011
A l’ Ombre du Grand Baobab
The Malian griot Mah Damba has lived in France for many years and her music reflects her cultural cosmo– politanism....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
