Reviews
Folk Songs and Soundscapes from Nepal
Composer and producer Bishwo Shahi is based in London but recorded this album in Kathmandu, the capital of his homeland...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2013
Live From Festival au Desert Timbuktu
As anyone who has made the annual trip to northern Mali knows, the Festival in the Desert is a unique...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
Ya Tengo lo Que Queria!
Ya Tengo lo Que Quería! doesn’t sound like an album made in London. In that sense it’s great evidence of...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013
Ukronia
This is an album rich in scholarship and serious in intent. Antique songs from Upper Brittany are sung in the...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: July/2013
Hikoi/Journey
Richard Nunns, Paul Dyne & Dave Lisik
If 68-year-old Kiwi ethnomusicologist Richard Nunns isn’t careful, he’ll end up appearing on every album made in New Zealand! The...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013
Benin: Bariba Music
The Bariba number about 600,000, and live in the north-west Nigerian region of Borgou, around the banks of the Niger...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2013
Vengeance
Benjamin Biolay has carved himself a niche in the top rank of French popular music, not by genius, but by...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: July/2013
Expressions: Live in Toulouse
What lies ahead for Natacha Atlas? It’s been 20 years since she played good fairy at the christening of world...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2013
The Beautiful Old: Turn of the Century Songs
Conceived by producers Paul Marsteller and Gabe Rhodes, The Beautiful Old, has a truly beautiful concept: to breathe back to...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013
Ya Nass
Although relatively unknown in Europe, Yasmine Hamdan is something of an icon among the educated urban elite of the Arab...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2013
