Reviews
On Down the Line
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
A recipient of nine International Bluegrass Music Association Fiddler of the Year Awards, Michael Alexander is universally recognised as one...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Africainement Vôtre
Magic System, the Ivory Coast's most successful proponents of zouglou – a mix of zouk, ragga and soca music –...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Tuning Pegs & Fishing Line
Albums marketed as collaborations between world music artists and musicians from the developed world are often subject to the dreaded...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Serious Time
With 15 tracks of solid dancehall reggae, Glasgow's Mungo's Hi Fi didn’t mince their words when they named their third...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Taiwan Erhu
Tangh-Suan Lo is part of the younger generation of Taiwanese erhu (two-stringed fiddle) players. Highly skilled in classical Chinese repertoire,...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Songs for the Voiceless
During World War I, the officer class attempted to suppress the marching song ‘If You Want to See the General’,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
1970s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground
A pair of fascinating albums mining a fruitful seam of musical esoterica – the Algerian 45rpm vinyl releases of the...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Strange People
The third release from Portuguese klezmer quintet Melech Mechaya achieves what all klezmer bands set out to do – to...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
You Got This
Cool, swinging and sophisticated, each of the nine all-instrumental tracks on You Got This, strikes a perfect balance between bluegrass,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
