Reviews
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K Frimpong (Blue & Black)
K Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
Ever since K Frimpong’s music first started reappearing on compilations a decade or so ago, original copies of his LPs...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Pass the Knowledge
While Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert takes credit for coining the word reggae, and Bob Marley is widely considered reggae’s only true...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Texas Gypsy Fire
Japanese dub, Taiwanese rap, Mexican ska… we’ve heard them all. And, in the mix-and-match free-for-all of world music, there are...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Ether
Anupama Bhagwat belongs to a band of female classical instrumentalists in Hindustani music that is rapidly shrinking in number. Still...
Reviewed by Veejay Sai in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Tin Hinane
There’s a sharp comment in the liner notes of this debut album to the effect that the band Kel Asouf...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Common Decency
From New Orleans to Rajasthan, via remote Romanian villages and north-of-England colliery towns, there are brass bands playing all over...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Raga & Raj
Barry Phillips, Linda Burman-Hall, Lux Musica Ensemble
The second album in the Utsav! series hears musicians coming up with some fascinating ways of lauding Shankar’s contribution to...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Arghyam: The Offering
This album is part of the new Utsav! series that celebrates the ‘ life, music and legacy of Ravi Shankar.’...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
I’m a Dreamer
Prolific American singer-songwriter Josephine Foster has an eclectic back catalogue with projects including reinterpretations of 19th-century German art song, musical...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
