Reviews
In a Hoary Winter’s Night
Joglaresa’s fifth album is a selection of ‘Irish and English Songs of Wintertide’. There is a wi de ra n...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Ancestors Call
These extremely well recorded new versions of songs familiar to Tuvan throat singing fans (mainly from 1994's The Orphan's Lament...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Eplemøya Songlag
My first experience of Eplemøya Songlag was in an old fashioned wooden room in the old Bank building in the...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Friends: The Black Ark Years
When Trojan Records became part of the giant Universal Music, reggae collectors might well have feared that the previous stream...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Trance Gamelan in Bali
If you can imagine a piece of cutting-edge electronica being played over the “party in the background” noises that you...
Reviewed by John Whitfieldft in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Sweet England
Released in 1959 on Argo, this album comes from the beginning of the folk revival, and Fledgling’s remaster from the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Kigali Y’Izahabu
The most exciting thing about Kigali Y'Izahabu is that it is potentially going to reach an audience who might not...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Tradi-Mods vs Rockers – Alternative Takes on Congotronics
The Congotronics remix album was inevitable, of course. The primitively electrified ambience of Konono No 1 and the Kasai Allstars...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Rough Guide to Flamenco Dance
Many dodgy compila¬tions of flamenco on CD either feature long-dead or third-rate musicians. But this eclectic sampler by Jan Fairley...
Reviewed by Steve Carr in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
True Speech
This is one of the most dynamic and accomplished folk groups from Eastern Europe I've heard in a long time....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
