Reviews
Zambia Roadside 2
SWP Records certainly can’t be accused of over¬exploiting their archive of field recordings; it was ten years ago that the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2013
Tibet: Songs from Exile
Fifty years after the Chinese occupation of Tibet, there are still few recordings of genuine traditional music from Tibet’s rural...
Reviewed by Mark Trewin in issue: July/2013
Azar
It’s something of a cliché to declare that a particular album would make a great soundtrack for a long journey....
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2013
The Art of the Geomungo Sanjo
This reviewer must admit to being a big fan of sanjo, the extended, almost jazzy Korean instrumental genre. It typically...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: July/2013
Life Death Tears Dream
This is the third release by the Vancouver-based ensemble that features Lan Tung on Taiwanese erhu (two-string spiked fiddle), Haiqiong...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2013
The Devil & the Diamond
Back with a pared-down sound and a Buddhist-inspired spiritual bent, Brooklyn fusionists Matuto have ditched the surf guitar that marked...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2013
Rabbits Motel
It’s plainly a good thing that more young Americans are making and buying recordings of Americana. But there’s also no...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: July/2013
From Bamako to Carencro
BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet
BeauSoleil helped kick-start fresh interest in Cajun music back in the early 80s – this group of youngish Cajuns stripped...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013
Le Bal Brotto Lopez
The duo of Cyrille Brotto (accordion) and Guillaume Lopez (voice, flute and fifes) were energetic contributors to the French Occitan-language...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: July/2013
