Reviews
Cumbia Beat Vol 1
Peru had a sizzling, cosmopolitan music scene in the 1960s and 70s, when shifting nationalist politics, coupled with huge rural...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: October/2010
Pod
Released in 2004, the original Pod was the penultimate album from the dance fusion supergroup before they ceased putting out...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
I'm Not Here to Hunt Rabbits
Here is a remarkable compilation of modern rural acoustic guitar and vocal music from Botswana. One of the performers on...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
So a Cantar
Three years ago, on his album Sem Dor Nem Piedade, Duarte dove deep into his mourning for a lost love;...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Hidden Legacy
Eclectic would be the right word to describe this offering from Cleveland-based Eastern European collective Harmonia. For once, the term...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Yarrow Acoustic Sessions
Lori Watson grew up in the Scottish Borders, an area where there seems to be a ballad around every bend...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2018
Zār Songs for the Spirits
Zār is a rite that arrived in Egypt with migration – partly due to slavery – from sub-Saharan East Africa....
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: March/2022
Solotronic
His professional career is 24 years old, yet French Tunisian oud (lute) player Jean-Pierre Smadj continues to surprise his followers....
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: April/2018
The Tapi Project
Tapi put their best feet forward on opener ‘Paigam’, with a surando (folk fiddle) sample introducing a reflective vocal refrain....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2019
Gossip
This is veteran Malian singer Khaira Arby's first album in five years, recorded in 2010 and 2012 in various parts...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015
