Reviews
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Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)
It's always a pleasure with world music – and especially so with Latin American rhythms – to be disorientated. When...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
From Transylvania
Where is the meeting point between Romanian folklore and Jamaican-influenced dub? Lil Obeah, from Transylvania, is there, with hints of...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: May/2022
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
Wake Up Sinners
The Dirt Daubers are a west Kentucky trio who try to put a fresh spin on mountain music/old-time music. Vocals...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2012
Jive & Soul: The Very Best Of
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens/The Soul Brothers
It’s highly unusual to combine two different artists on a ‘Best Of’ set like this, but the teaming of two...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Gold or Dust
This is the third album from the alt-folk, world music-infused eight-strong collective from Kent, and was conceived at the band’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Cycling Music
Richard Durrant is a brave man – he is attempting to tour his new album around the UK by bike....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Seeds Inside (The Grapes Upon The Vine)
Drawing on old-time Americana and country as well as soaking up influences of traditional English folk music, this South London...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2018
Quelbe!
Stanley & the Ten Sleepless Knights
A few years after Frémeaux's two-CD compilation Virgin Islands Quelbe and Calypso 1956-60, comes a new release from a contemporary...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: May/2016
Chamber Music
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
This hypnotic masterpiece from the French label No Format is another fine example of the label’s penchant for putting musicians...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
