Reviews
buffering juju
Self-described as ‘nomadic future folk,’ the sound conjured up by dumama + kechou on their debut manages the delicate feat...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: May/2020
Oficina Itinerante
Jean-Luc Thomas is a Breton flute player who describes himself as ‘musician and traveller’; previous collaborations have brought him together...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: May/2020
Music of the Bai Opera and the Dai Opera in Yunnan Province
This double CD album is a rare archive of the Bai and Dai music traditions. Both ethnic minorities are from...
Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: May/2020
Tinn Tout
Danyèl Waro has spent the past 45 years becoming the international ambassador of maloya, the revolutionary roots music of the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
A Year of Swimming
From the off, the latest release from the incredible instrumentalist drops you into his utterly unique African guitar cosmos. For...
Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: May/2020
Ethiobraz
The traditional Ethiopian musicians of Addis Ababa's Fendika Azmari Bet have joined forces with Paal Nilssen-Love's pan-Scandinavian group Large Unit...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
Pill Pilots
Bristol-based guitarist Hawes and fiddler Catlow have worked over the years with the likes of Seth Lakeman, Afro Celt Sound...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2020
Light Ida Lum
In the grand tradition of the currently inactive Fiddler's Bid, whose Maurice Henderson features in this group's three-fiddle frontline, Haltadans...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2020
