Reviews
Karma
After Jambinai, Black String are the best known of the intriguing new batch of experimental folk bands from South Korea....
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2019
Santié Papang
Few female vocalists have successfully ventured into La Réunion's politically-charged maloya music. The Indian Ocean blues was initially banned by...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2015
King Size Reggae
Having launched the careers of Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker and Bob Marley & the Wailers, producer Leslie Kong had an...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2019
Samaagam
Amjad Ali Khan & the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Samaagam, a Sanskrit word meaning ‘confluence’ or ‘flowing together’, is the title of a new concerto which brings together India's...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011
Ifetayo
Soundway Records have an impressive catalogue of rare groove reissues, many of them from Africa. But although there are African...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2012
Elegant Pipa Classics: Wu Man’s New Renditions of Ancient Melodies
Here are ‘elegant’ pipa (Chinese lute) classics, which are in the main calm and meditative. But what a title! Traditional...
Reviewed by Frank Kouwenhoven in issue: October/2013
Rais
Tambu music from Curaçao is a drum-based genre that has incredible significance for the islanders. It is a particularly social...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2018
Hole in the Universe
The banality of bureaucracy is not an exciting subject for a song but put through the creative mangle that is...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2012
Music is Choice
A trio that existed from 1998 to 2005, New Zealand's Trinity Roots were local heroes who opened the door for...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
