Reviews
Santié Papang
Few female vocalists have successfully ventured into La Réunion's politically-charged maloya music. The Indian Ocean blues was initially banned by...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2015
Corbeau
A youthful trio from Prince Edward Island, Jesse Périard (guitar and banjo), Caleb Gallant (cajon, bodhrán and djembé), and Rowen...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2015
Simply Zouk
The four-CD Simply Zouk, compiled by veteran DJ John Armstrong, charts the development of the French Antillean genre from its...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: March/2015
Song Road
Much like country music queen Dolly Parton, Teresa Doyle likes singing story songs. And is darned good at it. The...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2015
Made in Malawi
There has sadly been very little international exposure for the music and musicians of Malawi. There is no immediately identifiable...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2015
Coisa Boa
It's been 13 years since Moreno Veloso's last album – his debut, Music Typewriter – heralded a new generation of...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015
Uncle
Many reviewers judged the indigenous Pitjantjatjara singer-songwriter Frank Yamma's 2010 acoustic opus Countryman to be a masterpiece. The intervening years...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2015
21st Century Molam
Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band
After moving to Bangkok in 2008, journalist and record collector Chris Menist found a wealth of 7" vinyl treasures in...
Reviewed by Andy Thomas in issue: March/2015
