Reviews
Siku
Born in France to Ecuadorian parents, Nicola Cruz is one of a number of producers of recent years who have...
Reviewed in issue March/2019
¿Que Vola?
¿Que Vola? (‘What's Up?’ – a greeting commonly used by Cubans) opens traditionally with a grand salutation to the Santería...
Reviewed in issue March/2019
Ameriikan Laulu
Aallotar are a transatlantic ‘chamber folk’ duo, comprising Finnish accordionist Teija Niku and Finnish-American fiddler Sara Pajunen. In the early...
Reviewed in issue March/2019
You Will Never Die!
Clarinettist Yom's second project with his band The Wonder Rabbis comes seven years after the first one. In between, he's...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019
Global Griot
Eric Bibb knows what he's doing by now. He's released about 40 albums, give or take, and netted a bunch...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019
Saigon Supersound Vol 2
This compilation of vintage rock'n'roll from South Vietnam during the Vietnamese war is a follow-up to the first volume of...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019
Le Chant des Rameurs
Gabriel Saglio & Les Vieilles Pies
In the course of a variegated career, Gabriel Saglio has forged a solid reputation as a lyricist with a keen...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019
Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road
This handsome set matches a four-disc, unexpurgated record of Bengali ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya's 1955 epic field recording road trip, illustrated...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019
Ghost Gamelan
For their latest collaboration singer Susheela Raman and guitarist Sam Mills team up with Indonesian composer Gondrong Gunarto on this...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019
