Reviews
Amália Classics on Portuguese Guitar
While never the diva, Custódio Castelo has nevertheless been an animating presence in the world of fado for many decades...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: May/2020
Play Disco Specials
This is a reissue of the 1976 album originally released by the JAS Pride label in South Africa. The set-up...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: May/2020
Puja
This is is the follow-up to Sanders' 2018 release, Java. As with that album, this, his third solo effort, features...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: May/2020
Siti of Unguja: Romance Revolution on Zanzibar
Siti Muharam is the greatgranddaughter of Siti Binti Saad, the woman who turned taarab from the inaccessible music of the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020
In a Lifetime
Tickets are on sale for Clannad's farewell tour, and to go with it, various weights of a Best Of anthology,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020
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
