I hesitate to begin a review with the CD cover and the sleeve notes but two details here are key...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Warsaw Village Band are one of the most interesting folk groups in Europe: they have always stayed true to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
A dozen years ago the Putumayo label issued one of the first compilations to explore the rich connections between African...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The group Mze Shina (Inner Sun) is actually a French quartet – three men and one woman – specialising in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Peruvian cumbia (or chicha) is the rock‘n’roll of Latin music. More about feeling and attitude than other regional styles, it...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Turkey has no shortage of baglama (lute) masters working on new forms of expression, and Europe has no shortage of...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Guinea-born saxophonist, singer and composer, who died in 2003 at the age of 77, was one of Africa’s greatest...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The well-regarded Martha Mavroidi Trio is comprised of Mavroidi on lafta (lute) and vocals, with Georgios Ventouris on bass and...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Since 1964's Madrugada, Juan ‘Tata’ Cedrón, at the head of assorted line-ups, has been performing a kind of free-form River...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
British producer Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s love for Colombia grows ever deeper with Los Miticos del Ritmo, his new instrumental cumbia...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
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