Reviews
Postcards from Home
Kuljit Bhamra, Jacqueline Shave & John Parricelli
The paradoxical title of this album – postcards are surely sent to home not from it – suggests the nature...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2012
Nippon Guitars: Instrumental Surf, Eleki & Tsugaru Rock 1966-1974
The Dead Kennedys’ former lead singer Jello Biafra is a big fan. Reinvented Jap-rock historian Julian Cope has also expressed...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Apr/May/2012
La Barra de Chocolate
If the last three decades have seen world music celebrate diversity and ethnicity, there was a period around the late...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2012
Strings That Sing
This is Baobab-Gateway's debut album, featuring a unique combination of traditional West African, Ugandan and modern instruments. Tanzanian-born Dougie Hudson...
Reviewed by Louise Ungless in issue: Apr/May/2012
A Single Tree Does Not a Forest Make
Until ten years ago a new recording of Afro-Cuban Santería songs inevitably came from the US, as precious few such...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2012
Give
The New York-based trio are at it again. But this time things are different – the band have grown up...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Apr/May/2012
New Orleans Blues, Soul & Jazz Gumbo
Inspired by the success of the HBO TV series Treme, a drama serial set in New Orleans and brimming with...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2012
Kurdish Alevi Laments
This is a tough listen, like eavesdropping on private, tragic moments in the life of a family. It's made even...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinell in issue: Apr/May/2012
