Reviews
Deixaas
Mercedes Peon's exploratory lyricism, manic multi-instrumentalism, dynamic live shows, and even her punky cropped hair, have lent Galician folk an...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Desert Songs: Memories of Rumi
Born to a Turkish-Algerian father and an Austrian-Polish mother, adopted at birth by a Jewish family in North London and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Lambi Golo
The decade that has lapsed since TourÉ Kunda's 2008 album Santhiaba had led this reviewer to fear that the Senegalese...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Ikon: The Best of Gregory Isaacs, The Cool Ruler
Few Jamaican vocalists hold as much emotional power as Gregory Isaacs, whose haunting sadness reflected a life of not-quite-fame, unlucky...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Warsaw's Jewish Mermaid: Syrena Recordings from the Orvomaa Archive 1909-1933
Renair Records are unearthing rare sources of Jewish music from hidden archives. Chekhov's Band, the last album, reviewed in #114,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
By the Night
With their 2016 debut Call Me Home, the folk trio of Christina Alden, Alex Patterson and Noel Dashwood applied the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Hijo de Tigre
Cumbia, like dub, funk or most dance music for that matter, is all about the rhythm. And on so much...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
The Rough Guide to Ravi Shankar
To produce a compilation of Ravi Shankar must surely be one of the most daunting tasks, given the wealth of...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
An Introduction to Dick Gaughan
Master guitarist and singer Dick Gaughan has been touring and recording since 1970 and for six years, between 1975 and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Otros Aires Presents Balkan Airs
Balkan Airs is the latest project from Buenos Aires' nu tango outfit Otros Aires, and it just might disappoint some...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
