Reviews
The Definitive Doc Watson
Folk-singer-ophobes may find an unlikely ally in American roots singer Tim O’Brien, who astutely summarises Doc Watson’s appeal in the...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Anarchy & Romance
OK, this is really wacky. But then, what else did you expect from the impish German DJ who set Euro...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Kyoku: Japanese Chamber Music
Mieko Miyazaki & Suizan Lagrost
The sounds of the koto, shakuhachi and shamisen on this excellent CD seem familiar, yet Japanese chamber music is not...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Gone Away Backward
There should be a special award for this kind of high-level deployment of a musical ensemble. Fulks, a skilled acoustic...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Wenu Wenu
It’s something of a mystery why Souleyman, a 47-year-old wedding singer from northern Syria, has become a phenomenon in Western...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Of Stones and Bones
3 Daft Monkeys are a busy band, taking their effervescent Balkan, folk and dub-inflected music to clubs and festivals all...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
The Road to Jajouka
The artist and writer Brion Gysin took Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones to see the Jajouka Musicians shortly before...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
