Recorded in São Paulo, the first crowd-funded album by the London-based group Let Drum Beat mixes maracatu, forró de rabeca,...
Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: June/2020
Peter Croft with Mark Jones & Hazel Fairbairn
Button Box Breakdown is an understated and unpretentious instrumental album performed with charm and plenty of musical dexterity. Peter Croft...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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