Reviews
Toubab Soul
As this solid debut testifies, Alma Afrobeat Ensemble is one of the tighter collectives in the genre. Fela Kuti’s template...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2011
Burma: Classical Theatre Music
With so few CDs of Burmese traditional music actually available in the West, this is an important and exciting release....
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: March/2011
Flowers in the Desert
As fans of world music, we rejoice when Western rock stars, whether it's Damon Albarn, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
The Voice of Lightness Vol 2: Congo Classics 1977-1993
The second two-disc volume of the definitive career overview of Tabu Ley Rochereau picks up the Congo’s greatest vocalist at...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2011
Sahel Folk
Sidi Touré’s first album, Hoga, appeared 14 years ago on Stern’s and it is an indication of how the global...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Turlku 4: New Music from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands
An outback project developed in Australia’s Western Desert, (a sparsely populated region with hundreds of kilometres between remote Aboriginal communities),...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2011
The Complete Works of Fela Anikulapo Kuti
It’s never been easy to make a sensible suggestion when asked to nominate the best starting point to the music...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Belo Belo
Eténèsh Wassié & Mathieu Sourisseau
Yet again, the resources and insight of Francis Falceto have helped create a sturdy musical bridge between Africa and the...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2011
Edu Na Ka Vou
Founded in 2007 as a contemporary dance company, the ambitious group Vou (meaning ‘new’ in Fijian) have now attempted to...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2011
Waltjim Bat Matilda
From the little label that introduced Gurrumul to a global audience, comes this overdue debut album from veteran Northern Territory...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2011
