Reviews
Habibi Funk 015: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World, Part 2
As the comprehensive and beautifully produced sleeve notes make clear, this compilation of 13 jaw-droppingly funky tracks from the Middle...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
So Calypso!
After the triumph of 2016's Far From Home, which went platinum in France and won her the Artist of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2018
CuCuLand
A suitably theatrical spoken word overture – clinking glasses, a call for silencio, the tap of heels and the flare...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
The Art of the Lyra
Talented composer-musician Stelios Petrakis emerged from Ross Daly's teaching workshops in 1999. Daly, a Crete resident and multi-instrumentalist had himself...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Buganda Royal Music Revival
The Kingdom of Buganda was founded in the 14th century and is located in the central part of what is...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2022
Green Grass Blue Grass
There've been many attempts to meld Ireland's traditional music with the disparate conflation that forms modern-day American bluegrass, most recently...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011
Songs From Badissa
Cameroonian vocal¬ist and multi¬instrumentalist Erik Aliana and his band Korongo Jam are attracting their fair share of attention, and no...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Pump Up the Radio
Rakija is a delicious Balkan spirit, often distilled from plums or apricots, that is extremely potent. No Balkan meal is...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2015
Brass Noir: On the Trans-Balkan Highway
Piranha Records was the first world music label to effectively promote Balkan brass – issuing seminal albums by Boban i...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012
Pontos de Passagem
Fado Malvado are a Portuguese quartet that focus on the musical bond between an accordion, a pair of guitars and...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2023
