Reviews
Lodestar
In 1959 Shirley Collins collected songs with Alan Lomax in the US. But she loved the songs of the English...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Bobo Yéyé: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta
Archive releases don’t come better than this: 37 tracks chronicling the little-known Burkina Faso scene in the 1970s. Long overshadowed...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The Calais Sessions
Various Artists, Featuring the Musicians of the Calais ‘Jungle’
One weekend in September 2015, a group of international musicians based in the UK visited the now-demolished refugee and migrant...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Cats, Dogs and Ghosts
Kottarashky is Nikola Gruev, a young Bulgarian composer and producer whose 2009 debut album Opa Hey! demonstrated a fluid,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Planet Lam
Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band
The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band's second studio album sees the band move on from the rootsy molam music of...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Apollo You Sixteen
‘Progressive world music’ is how this Belgium-based 40-year-old autodidact describes his latest album, which fuses flamenco with folk, garage, classical...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Madera
Andean music is the ultimate ex-pat music, not only because it works well in shopping arcades, but because so many...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Water of Tyne
Magnetic North East is a new organisation dedicated to promoting the music, culture, art and heritage – the identity, then...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
True Born Irishman
On the strength of this thrillingly resonant collection from the Dublin-based singer and bouzouki player, it's not too hard to...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
