Reviews
Roots of the Banjo Tree
“What's the definition of perfect pitch?” goes the old joke to which the jocular riposte is “Throwing a banjo into...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: March/2013
The Art of the Ajaeng Sanjo
The Yueshu, a 12th-century Chinese encyclopedia of music, refers to the Chinese ajaeng as being a zither that ‘creaks’. The...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: March/2013
At Peace
Like Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko is kora royalty. Around the same age, they are both sons of Malian griot kora...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2013
A Bright Star Has Risen
There has always been some tension between Bulgaria as a modern industrialised nation – a member of the European Union,...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2013
Natural Mind
Anyone who's read Child of Tibet, the moving autobiography of Tibetan singer-songwriter Soname [reviewed in #39], will appreciate the extent...
Reviewed by Mark Trewin in issue: March/2013
Albion Voice
She's a one-woman show wrapped in the colours of leftfield folk pop, Indian strings, art ensemble music and a broad...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
Human Nature
With a sound that reflects the diversity of their Brixton background, Soothsayers are finally gaining the recognition they've earned through...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013
Slečena Koža
Slovene singer Brina Vogelnik and her band have been quietly doing very good work in extending the musical language of...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2013
Matanë Malit
Increasingly often, recordings turn up for review that might perhaps be referred to under the heading ‘FAWMoR’ – Forcibly Assigned...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2013
Beginner's Guide to English Folk
There's no shortage of folk compilations out there – be they strange folk, nu-folk, psych-folk or angry folk. When I...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
