Reviews
The Liberty to Choose
The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, compiled by Ralph Vaughan Williams and A L Lloyd, was published in 1959....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Welcome to the Family
Bosnian guitarist Igor Sekulović grew up in Banja Luka, loving the sevdah music his mother and aunts sang. He ended...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Arctic Spirit: Music from the Siberian North
Sakha, or Yakutia, is a land of mammoths, gold and diamonds: a Siberian territory that sits atop permafrost and is...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Carry Me Home
The theatrical and often comical approach to their kaleidoscope of Americana makes you want to see how The Dustbowl Revival...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Go Calypsonian
This selection from the ever ebullient Lord Mouse follows 2010's eponymous debut. The purpose remains unaltered: electric and eclectic calypso...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Young, Gifted and Yellow
This new anthology of albino dancehall star Yellowman flaunts his laugh-out-loud sexual swagger over two CDs. His massive hit ‘Zungguzungguguzungguzeng’...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Vagrant Stanzas
The inspiration for Vagrant Stanzas came, according to Simpson, from sessions at the kitchen table with his neighbour Richard Hawley,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Five Albums
In recent years Natacha Atlas has significantly changed musical direction and now stands on the threshold of venerable diva status....
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Athar
The first few moments of Khaled Aljaramani's first solo album come as something of a blessed relief: the sound of...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
