Reviews
Genau!
The international debut from the Italian quartet claims to represent the ‘Power Gypsy Dance’ style. What exactly this is, Baro...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2017
As Montanhas de Som
It’s unclear if this disc was recorded last week or if Gimenes is somehow lost in time. It would not...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2017
Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
Despite the title, the first album from the legendary Senegalese dance band in a decade is not a tribute album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017
Il Mese del Rosario
Breaking moulds works best when you can demonstrate you’ve nailed the mould. The first two tracks of this scintillating second...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2017
Dža Dža Dzum
Back in the 1980s, the writer Malcolm Bradbury wrote Rates of Exchange, an eye-wateringly funny novel set in a fictitious...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2017
Hommage à Marcel Dadi
Tunisian-born French guitarist Marcel Dadi was a master of the fingerpicking style associated with Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. A...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: May/2017
Maya: Bickram Ghosh’s Dedication to Ravi Shankar
One oft-cited example of the musicianship of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012, is that he was the...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2017
Green & Blue
This Denver, Colorado-based sibling duo of Joanna Hyde (fiddle, vocals) and her brother Iain (guitar, mandolin, vocals) craft an elegant...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2017
An Anthology of Mongolian Khöömii
This double CD is essential for anyone wishing to gain a balanced, comprehensive perspective of the many versions of overtone/undertone...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2017
