Reviews
Vangasay
A vangasay is a Type of mandarin orange from Madagascar and Vietnam, popular in the islands across the Indian Ocean...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020
Refuge
Through the medium of slick folk fusion, Refuge delivers a message of tolerance towards immigrants and refugees. The Canadian-based Sultans...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2020
A Bela Vida
It's not ofen that the oboe takes the lead in any genre and its pinched tone can sometimes be too...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020
Music from Barotseland: Recordings in Zambia's Western Province
This is a companion piece to the four-CD Luangwa to Livingstone, reviewed in #157. Zambia's Western Province is traditionally known...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2020
Natural Invention
Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band
After four decades with Steeleye Span, in 2009 fiddle player Peter Knight formed Gigspanner (the touring musician's name for that...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2020
Yene Mircha
After Awesome Tapes from Africa reissued three of his old tapes to wide acclaim, Ethiopian keys player Hailu Mergia –...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020
Finnish Folk Songs Vol 1
No one has done more in recent years for the jouhikko (the traditional Finnish bowed lyre) than Pekko Käppi. He...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2020
Early Years: Madagascar Cassette Archives
Jazz had Miles Davis, rock had Jimi Hendrix, and tsapiky – the frantic, guitar-driven music from Toliara, Madagascar – has...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: June/2020
Curandero
The US/Mexican frontier is a hotspot of hope and anguish, drugs and guns, rednecks and refugees. Orkesta Mendoza, formed by...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
