Reviews
O Ptácích a Rybách
BraAgas are a Czech female quartet (plus bassist Jan Hrbek) who featured on the bonus CD of Czech music with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Kobane
A keening, reedy duduk (oboe) melody emerges out of the wind – a wind that blows free, unhindered across borders....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2017
De Mar y Río
How rough and ready do you want your roots music? From a small town on the Pacific coast of Colombia...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2019
Waterfjord
With the title of his third album Matti Kallio playfully honours his origins while tipping his hat to a long...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2023
Danza das Areas
Galician singer Uxía’s impressive track record guarantees quality songs. Nine out of 14 tracks here have distinguished guests, known for...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
Mexico Mágico Cosmico
This re-release of a 1981 Mexican government-sponsored music project is a curiosity in many ways. It is an album that...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2018
Who Was Essad Bey?
This is a very entertaining and intriguing album. Whole books have been written about Essad Bey. He was born Lev...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017
August 1791
Led by Richard Morse, proprietor of the celebrated Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, RAM were last heard from before the disastrous...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018
An Adventure: 1999-2009
Mike Marshall is an itinerant vagabond of a musician, and a Johnny Appleseed of the mandolin. For 30-odd years the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2011
Kanabory Siyama
When the great kora (harp-lute) player Kaouding Cissoko died in 2003, he was replaced in Baaba Maal's band by Diabel,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012
