Reviews
Tolonso
Following their excellent debut, Miriya [reviewed in #127], this is the sophomore release from an exciting and very talented group...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2019
H
Oud player Grégory Dargent is best known for his collaborations with Algerian singer Houria Aïchi and French pianist-singer Babx. He...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2019
Monroe Bus
Inspired by a dream in which Bill Monroe, generally acknowledged as the father of bluegrass, lamented a lack of appreciation...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2019
Fly
Marichka and Mark Marczyk's Balaklava Blues was realised on the barricades during the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Inspired by the traditional...
Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: July/2019
Kizaki Ondo
Kizaki Ondo Preservation Society, Clark Naito
‘Kizaki Ondo’ is an Edo-period folk song that originated in the bustling post town of Nitta Kizakicho, Gunma Prefecture. It...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2019
É Ferro Na Boneca!
Whenever you see ‘new’ on a college, bridge or pub you know it's pretty ancient. Same goes for ‘novos’ when...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
Vildaluodda/Wildprint
Hildá Länsman, a young vocalist from northern Finland's indigenous Sámi community, fuses traditional joik chant-singing with electronic pop in the...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: July/2019
Music is Our Business
Not many names from the golden age of dancehall in the 80s seem worthy of a Best Of. The obvious...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2019
History
Whereas Salif Keita's recent album, Un Autre Blanc [reviewed in #146], only featured a lone foray into AutoTune vocals, the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2019
Sunny Afrika
After his professional musical start in Ghana in the 1970s as a member of the group Basa Basa at Faisal...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2019
