Reviews
What's Left of Spider John
Spider John Koerner is championed in Bob Dylan's Chronicles memoir – the two young men used to play the Minneapolis...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings From the 1970s and 1980s
After presumably running out of crates to dig through in West Africa for Soundway's splendid series of 70s archive recordings...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
The Lost Tapes
Every now and then a release sneaks out of the woodwork that nobody is prepared for. Strut have stumbled upon...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980
When students Philip Knox and Nathaniel Morris found they shared a passion for Balkan music, specifically the kind discovered in...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Ninikamawinan: Songs of Our People
When you consider the juggernaut of American colonisation and the effect it has had on Native Americans, it's amazing that...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Fire & Fortune
There's a strong tradition of classically trained musicians and composers who have been absorbed by and into the folk tradition...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Viene de Mi
If you thought Argentinian music was all just about tango, then how very wrong you were. Cumbia, Latin America's dance...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
On the Edge
This isn't Frank Solivan's first rodeo by any stretch, but On the Edge, his debut recording for Compass, could be...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
