Reviews
Folk Awards 2012
Proper Records have been putting out these compilations, based on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nominations, since 2005 and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2012
The Pure and the Golden
The entire world knows and loves South Africa's premier Zulu ensemble. Joseph Shabalala's group has such a vast repertoire, recorded...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012
Four Shagai Bones: Masters of Mongolian Overtone Singing
Imagine if, in their late years, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Muddy Waters all got together for a...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: Apr/May/2012
Tree of Dreams
Tree of Dreams is Huong Thanh's second album of traditional Vietnamese music following the release of Cai Luong Music in...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: Apr/May/2012
Projection One
The term ‘rock’ was so out of favour at the time of the 1980s world music boom, it's taken until...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Apr/May/2012
Suitcase Blues
Less is more when it comes to the Harris Brothers. For the better part of two decades, the sibling duo...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2012
Indian Ragas & Medieval Song
Dominique Vellard, Ken Zuckerman, Anindo Chatterjee & Keyvan Chemirani
The tenor Dominique Vellard is an outstanding figure in the performance of early and Renaissance music, while Ken Zuckerman is...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Apr/May/2012
Life & Times
The first reaction on receiving yet another Lucky Dube compilation is to groan inwardly. Since the South African reggae star's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012
Chili Houritki
One of the few singers from Chad to emerge onto the international stage, Mitchala was first heard of half a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012
The Old Wheel of Fortune
There's an old Irish saying that claims'the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.’ It's doubtful whether the fiddles employed...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2012
