Reviews
Pipa Potluck
The ‘potluck’ in the title of this album, a collaborative project led by Chinese pipa virtuoso Gao Hong, refers to...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
100% Dynamite
Subtitled Ska, Soul, Rocksteady & Funk in Jamaica, this pioneering compilation was a hit when first released almost 20 years...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Sibling Revelry
Multi-instrumental sisters three, Máire and Mairéad Ní Chathasaigh and Nollaig Casey all have long, illustrious solo careers behind them. Here...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Declaration
Favourites on the Australian folk circuit, it's been eight years since Kate Burke and Ruth Hazleton's last recording, Summer's Lonesome...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Soyo
Dom la Nena's breathy whispered vocals inhabit every moment on Soyo, the Brazilian singer's second album. Sorrowful swathes of cello,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Inde du Nord: Bilaskhani Todi, Kinari Bhairavi, Misra Pilu
Although he was considered a major force among sitar players in India, Balaram Pathak (1923-1991) is virtually unknown in the...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Already Home
Anna and Rowan Rheingans were born in Sheffield and grew up in the Peak District, daughters of a violin-maker whose...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Goddess Polka Dottess
This is the fifth album by a sprawling New York collective, who are not a million styles away from the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
Not so much world music as otherworldly, the reissue of the album Brian Eno produced in 1980 for the American...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
The Art of Mongolian Khöömii
For the past 25 years Mongolian khöömei has enthralled audiences worldwide. With roots in West Mongolia, Tuva and the Altai...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
