Reviews
The Best of Soapkills
In 2009 I spent a week in Beirut lecturing on music journalism and asked each of my students to bring...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Sulle Rive del Tango
Tango has been described as the oldest world music: its dance rhythm colonised half the world before 1920. This double...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Tambolero
Rather than simply remaster the breakthrough 1993 album, La Candela Viva, from the Afro-Colombian singer Totó la Momposina, the folks...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Fire, Sweat and Pastis
While collaborations bring together performers from all over the world, a project between Finnish and Beninese musicians still seems an...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Sur Sangeet
Dildar Hussain Khan & Abrar Hussain Khan
It's unlikely that readers will know the name Dildar Hussain Khan, although many will have heard him as the accompanying...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Forty Martyrs: Armenian Chants From Aleppo
Last year Jason Hamacher, a punk drummer from Washington DC, released NAWA: Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs from Aleppo,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Peru Boom: Bass, Bleeps and Bumps from Peru's Electronic Underground
Peru's capital Lima now hosts an edgy, fresh dance music scene, which draws on a wide range of influences: pan-South...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
La Guitarra: Mi Vida
Juan Martín & Chaparro de Málaga
A sometime collaborator with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, Juan Martín is one of the most versatile flamenco guitarists currently...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Kvitre
Majorstuen are Norway's equivalent of Bellowhead. They bring a big-band attitude to folk music while always retaining the finer detail...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Sun Shine Soul
Ameranouche, as implied by the name, are a US Gypsy jazz, or manouche swing, trio. Led by guitarists Richard Sheppard...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
