Reviews
Fonn
Five voices, one family, three generations, and a treasury of Gaelic song – the Campbells of Greepe, near Dunvegan on...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: July/2012
¡Soy Salvadoreño!
For their latest musical discovery Smithsonian Folkways have unearthed Los Hermanos Lovos and their chanchona style of music from the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2012
He is #1
The Malawi Mouse Boys take their name from how they make their living when not playing music – selling mice...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012
Mairearad & Anna
Opening with the playfully jazzy intro of ‘Tatties & Ham’ and concluding with the stirring pipe march of ‘New Claes,...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2012
Akal
Atri N’Assouf is Tamashek for ‘the star of the desert’ – a bold claim given how many great Touareg desert...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012
A Quiet House
At the heart of Julie Murphy’s austerely beautiful album is her song ‘You Are Flown From Me’. She sings of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012
Shogun Orchestra
New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington may only have around 400,000 people, but it’s a very happening place. With local...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012
Listen… OKA!
Chris Berry & the Bayaka Pygmies
We’ve heard plenty of examples of Bayaka pygmy music in its pure unadulterated state. We’ve also heard it expertly incorporated...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2012
Nimissa
This brave and original kora rock band from Guinea have made both startlingly extraordinary and some plainly nondescript albums, but...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: July/2012
Do Norte
With lyrics in Portuguese and perfect pronunciation you could be forgiven for thinking A Bossa Eletrica are from Brazil. In...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2012
