Fanfara Station may sound like the name of one of the Balkan brass bands they so clearly admire, but in...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
A very welcome reissue of an oddity from the Ivory Coast that was a huge regional hit when issued in...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Since 1991 this group from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo has been developing its folkloric drum and dance act...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
An integral part of the chimurenga revolution spearheaded by Thomas Mapfumo during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, Stella Chiweshe recorded these eight...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
In light of recent events concerning Iran this previously unreleased recording from 1978 seems fortuitously well-timed. Not least because it...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
This live recording of ‘Raga Jog’, made in Paris in 1995, brought together for the first time three fascinating representatives...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Eliza Carthy's current combo is The Wayward Band. It's a good name: she has, throughout her career, championed English folk...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
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