Reviews
Frey
Hot on the heels of the release of Solana’s Mirage (reviewed in June 2022, #178) comes this haunting solo album...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2022
Regard Sur Le Passé
Classica Orchestra Afrobeat feat Sékouba Bambino & Baba Sissoko
This CD brings together two Guinean master musicians and griots – vocalist Sékouba Bambino (lead singer of the legendary Bembeya...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2015
Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World 1966-1979
The arrival of this selection of recordings made in, mostly, Bulgaria in the 60s and 70s by US folk dance...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2020
Mauritanie
The liner notes declare with stark and admirable honesty that Coumbane Mint Ely Warakane isn't a marquee name in her...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
The Spyglass & The Herringbone
In the traditional song ‘John Blunt,’ a couple retire to bed then remember they’ve forgotten to lock their door. They...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015
Ceòl Mòr/Light & Shade
Ceòl Mòr, which translates as ‘Great Music,’ is the classical music of the highland bagpipe. This is an instrument of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Vivo
It is no surprise that this band formed around three Colombian percussionists, because nearly every track has at its core...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2014
Lunar Tredd
Fimber Bravo may not be Trinidad's best-known steel pan player. His skill comes instead through experimentation, a creative approach that...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2021
Night Nurse: The Best Of
Gregory Isaacs, who died at the age of 59 in October last year, was one of the most popular and...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: June/2011
Madera
Andean music is the ultimate ex-pat music, not only because it works well in shopping arcades, but because so many...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
