Reviews
Daou Don Dãns
Visitors to Brittany are almost certain to encounter a bagad, the bagpipe, drum and bombarde(shawm) bands through which, since the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2016
Heavenless
Vin Gordon is a true legend of the Jamaican music scene. As a stalwart trombonist he has featured on albums...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2016
Legend of Funaná
Due to its rural origin, funaná was forbidden for years in Cape Verde – most notably in Santiago, where it...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2016
Turrys
Singer Ruth Keggin is a committed campaigner for the Manx language and her debut album Sheear (reviewed in #108), featuring...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2016
Rivers: From the Congo to the Mississippi
A veteran soukous guitarist from the DRC, Siama Matuzungidi played on local hits by the likes of Kanda Bongo Man,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016
Blue Skies
Longtime band members Josh Shilling (guitar, piano and vocals) and Aaron Ramsey (mandolin, bass, vocals) have invited a few guests...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2016
Narrante
Golfam Khayam & Mona Matbou Riahi
This album was simultaneously released in Iran on Hermes Records and internationally on ECM. Both of these are ‘connoisseur’ labels...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2016
Day to Day
There are some parts of the African diaspora – like the US or Jamaica – that are well-known. But the...
Reviewed by Jake Hulyer in issue: October/2016
I Heard the Voice of a Donut
Screamin’ Miss Jackson & The Slap Ya Mama Big Band
‘I’m just trying to have fun,’ insists the lyric of the penultimate track ‘Old Bones’. Taken as the prime directive...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2016
Raysn: The Music of Jewish Belarus
This New York-based band are exploring the Jewish music of Belarus and its surrounds. The Jewish culture of the region...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2016
