Reviews
Nakan
Mamadou Diabaté & Percussion Mania
Mamadou Diabaté, not to be confused with the famous Malian kora player with the same name, is a maestro of...
Reviewed by Bastiaan Springer in issue: April/2020
Portu in Core
Followers of Corsican supergroup I Muvrini (The Mountain Sheep) will know the formula: voices steeped in tradition; an ensemble that's...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: April/2020
Tjukurpa: The Story/Kulila: The Remixes
With his own career somewhat overshadowed by the commercial success of other Aboriginal songmen like Archie Roach and the late...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2020
Wakar Alhazai Kano/Mus'en Sofua
After recording several albums for various Nigerian labels as the Martins Brothers Dance Band (heard on Soundway's 2004 compilation Afro...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2020
Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project
Aaron Jonah Lewis' 24-song tribute to the legendary British banjo player and composer Joe Morley (1867-1937) is a fascinating dive...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
Kijombo
One might start by pointing out that the musicianship on this recording, the second from this joint Dominican and New...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: April/2020
The Golden Lagoon
King Lagoon's Flying Swordfish Dance Band
King Lagoon's Flying Swordfish Dance Band (henceforth referred to as KLFSDB for the sake of trees and inkwells everywhere) present...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2020
Rose in June
Boden's presence on the 21st-century British folk scene has been colossal – from his stint in Eliza Carthy's Ratcatchers band...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2020
A Pilgrim's Tale
This year sees the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower setting sail with 102 passengers, mostly religious refugees, for a new...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2020
Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World 1966-1979
The arrival of this selection of recordings made in, mostly, Bulgaria in the 60s and 70s by US folk dance...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2020
