Reviews
The Portage
Are there really only four fiddles on this third release from RANT? Such is the richness of sound that I...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: December/2019
Cosmic
This multi-talented composer, producer and musician emerges from the same British Asian mould as Nitin Sawhney and Talvin Singh and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2014
Listen to the Banned
You need to hear this record – as much for the quality of the music as for what it represents....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Apostolo
During recent years, Kinshasa-born singer Bumba Massa has enjoyed a career revival as part of the four-man vocal front– line...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2011
The Koka Koka Sex Battalion – Music from Tanzania 1975-1980
It's gratifying to know that some record labels are still able to recognise the value of compilations of vintage, previously...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2012
NOU?
How does a region’s traditional music survive its own commercial success? Apparently overwhelmed by the touristic boom of pizzica, Apulian...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: November/2020
Con-tra-dic-shun
What I like about the folk music Megson create is that it's alive. They don't try to mask the realities of...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2019
Bali 1928 Vol III: Lotring and the Sources of Gamelan Tradition
These recordings almost didn’t survive. Intended for the Balinese market, they were a commercial disaster, and the label's agent smashed...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: April/2016
Growing Upward
Rupa & the April Fishes are back after a long break. The San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter, doctor and...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2019
Memories and Moments
Listening to Memories and Moments, Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott’s much-anticipated follow-up to last year’s live album, We’re Usually a...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
