Reviews
Le Cri du Cyclope
French-Lebanese percussionist Wassim Halal was originally trained in Lebanese dabke music. His first album, Revolutionary Birds, with Mounir Troudi and...
Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: March/2019
From Nubia to Cairo
First released back in 1989, when ‘world music’ was young, this set is as life-enhancing and plain funky as an...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2019
Van Diemen's Land
There will be a new solo album from Sam Lee in the spring. Meanwhile he and Notes Inégales, a cutting-edge...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2019
Dor an Enez
When he was 14 Fred Guichen founded a band with his brother Jean-Charles. To the traditional fest noz line-up –...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2019
Mazovian Roots Re:action
Warsaw Village Band, now well entrenched as Poland's best-known folk music export, have a history of experimentation and collaboration. Sometimes...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2019
A Föld Hátán, S Az Ég Alatt (Székelyföldi Népzene Az Elmúlt 120 Évből)
Marianna Nyitrai, Zoltán Juhász, Üsztürü Band
Zoltán Juhász, an ethnomusicologist and a renowned bagpipe, whistle and flute player joined Marianna Nyitrai, a famous folk singer, activist...
Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: March/2019
Behold
The Birmingham district of Handsworth gave birth to one of the UK's strongest roots reggae scenes of the 70s and...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2019
Manez Eta Kobreak
Very little information comes with this album – although all the lyrics are translated into English (from Basque) – but...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019
