Reviews
Digging the Underground Vol 1: The Nation Years
Right now, it's with rainbow-tinted nostalgia that we remember the good old bad days of the early 1990s, a time...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2016
Sky Blue Love
Anyone interested in 70 minutes of rather clinical, polite dub reggae? OK, that's a little unfair, but there's something about...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2016
String Theory
Galway quartet We Banjo 3 here press home their ‘Celticgrass’ crossover credentials with their most confident and accomplished release to...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2016
Tambours Croisés: Chapter Two
This album comes, frustratingly, with very poor liner notes, which is infuriating as this CD is very good indeed. What...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Khmer Rouge Survivors: They Will Kill You, If You Cry
This third release in Glitterbeat's Hidden Musics series, produced by Ian Brennan, features some remarkable Cambodian musicians who survived the...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: October/2016
Tankadi
Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove Gang
Now almost 70 years old, Guinean saxophonist Mamadou ‘Maître’ Barry has been making music since the 60s, when he led...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016
Beyond Addis Vol 2
The legacy of Mulatu Astatké rolls on splendidly on this second volume of contemporary interpretations of his Ethio-jazz style. Astatké...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2016
Dakar Suite
Back in 2006, the German-born singer and jazz guitarist Leni Stern found herself performing at Mali's Festival in the Desert....
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2016
Wondrous Traveler
In more than one aspect, this is a unique recording of a new group uniting two stars based in and...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2016
