Reviews
Funky Dervish
The sixth album by the Israeli-born Istanbul resident Yinon Muallem reflects his uneasy search for a dialogue between two inextricably...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: March/2014
El Maravilloso Mundo de Abelardo Carbonó
How many roots can a musician tie up in his signature sound? According to this album’s extensive liner notes, the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2014
Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995
The late Lobi Traoré’s reputation as the wild maverick of the Malian electric guitar is based less on his recorded...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: March/2014
Le Grand Kalle: His Life, His Music
Joseph Kabasele, better known as Le Grand Kalle, was a Congolese singer and bandleader, and his dance¬band were the first...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2014
Ninalik Arirak
The very existence of the Lani Singers, the husband-and-wife team of Benny and Maria Wenda, is a small miracle. They...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
Tales from a Forgotten City
The forgotten city of this CD’s title is, of course, Mostar itself, once a tolerant city of Christians, Muslims and...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2014
The Other Side of the Air
Canadian Jayme Stone can count his banjo playing as being just the beginning of a host of achievements on this...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: March/2014
Knee-Deep in Heaven
Led by fiddler Janusz Prusinowski, this trio are the leading group behind the revival of traditional music in Poland. The...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2014
