Reviews
Finding Friends Far from Home: A Journey with Clara Net
‘Tell us a story!’ kids chant on the opening track of this educational CD. What follows, though not quite a...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Saat Arahman
Mor Karbasi was born to a family of Moroccan, Sephardic and Iranian roots. And her musical career has been an...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2023
I am Suffering
Agongo – full name Jacob Abagnagongo – plays the kologo, a two-stringed calabash lute which is the typical instrument of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Easy Money
Four years on from his intriguing Domestic Eccentric collection, the Canadian singer-songwriter, born Christopher Luedecke, is not only more domestic...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2019
Afrobeast
Yaaba Funk are a multiracial, multi¬national ten-piece Brixton band who have developed a strong reputation over the past two years...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Fifty Verses
In 2010 Nancy Kerr & James Fagan (winners of Best Duo at the BBC Folk Awards) found life on their...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013
A Bit Na Ta
George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna
An ambitious cross-cultural project between Australia and Papua New Guinea, A Bit Na Ta (The Source of the Sea) focuses...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017
Jongando
The last time we had heard of Brazilian singer Catia Werneck she was following a common path within the country's...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2017
Hawaii to Calcutta: A Tribute to Tau Moe
Bhattacharya is an extraordinary musician. He may be best known for inventing the slide guitars that allow him to play...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2017
