Reviews
Lodestar
In 1959 Shirley Collins collected songs with Alan Lomax in the US. But she loved the songs of the English...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Le Monde Moderne
Welcome to volume two of a mesmeric voyage into the very bowels of the capital of Niger, Niamey, and beyond....
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: May/2023
Van Diemen's Land
There will be a new solo album from Sam Lee in the spring. Meanwhile he and Notes Inégales, a cutting-edge...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2019
Taurina
Not for nothing is Anelis Assumpção the daughter of the peculiar and rebellious Brazilian musician Itamar Assumpção. Itamar took part...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2018
Mama Afrika 1932-2008
The death of a great artist such as Miriam Makeba ought to be followed by the release of a well–...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Inventions
Their first two albums drew from the collections of Playford's The English Dancing Master and others, bringing dances and tunes...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2017
Mirror: Turkish Disco Folk
Arşivplak, meaning ‘Records from the Archives’ has come out with an 11-track instrumental compilation of popular Anatolian psych tracks, mainly...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020
Melodic Circles
The setar is one of Iran's most gorgeous instruments. Literally, the name means ‘three strings,’ but nowadays the Iranian setar...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
Toca Madera
Of all the music made in Barcelona over the last 50 years it is rumba flamenco (aka rumba Catalan) that...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2010
Ya Nass
Although relatively unknown in Europe, Yasmine Hamdan is something of an icon among the educated urban elite of the Arab...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2013
