Reviews
The Royal Chase
Nation Beat are a new name to me, but a cursory internet search reveals they have existed for more than...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2021
Start
From the very first note, there's no mistaking that this is a Félix Lajkó album. The opening chord is the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
Tierra Que Arde
The music of Argentina's rural interior is all the things Buenos Aires' tango, blues, pop and rock are not: it...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2021
Strømmen
Helene Blum has already achieved phenomenal success in her native Denmark, including a No 1 hit as a folk singer...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: March/2021
La Gouache
In 2000, Parisian band Java gave traditional bal-musette (French accordion music) a 21st-century makeover, adding the lyrics of Erwan Séguillon...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2021
Simply Amjad Ali Khan Vols 1-3
These three albums are by one of India's finest classical instrumentalists playing one of the most distinguished instruments, the sarod....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021
Hangszín
Mónika Lakatos and the Gipsy Voices
The Oláh Roma of Hungary are a minority within a minority, having moved to Hungary and other areas of Central...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2021
Mutanuka and Syasiya
Crispin Mutanuka & Edwin Syasiya
The silimba (xylophone) and kanimba (thumb piano) both appeared on the splendid four-CD box set Luangwa to Livingstone (reviewed in...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2021
Udondolo
It is unsurprising that black South African music in recent years has lacked the game-changing potency it enjoyed when soundtracking...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
Medicine Man Orchestra
An unlikely sonic collision, Medicine Man Orchestra brings together the divergent universes of electronic sound design (Alissa Syllah), West African...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2021
