Reviews
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
Disappointingly few virtuoso classical musicians collaborate with roots-based musicians. Some no doubt think it is beneath them, an attitude which...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The World Turned Upside Down: Rosselsongs 1960¬2010
Here are 73 songs lasting almost five hours, written over half a century. This is a life’s work. It’s the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Dor de Mar
Tcheka’s last album, Lonji, was superb and earned five stars from this reviewer. Dor de Mar is even better and...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Kite
The concentration of young folk talent in the north-east of England may be related to the much-praised degree course in...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Em Africa ao Vivo
Despite a career stretching back to the mid-80s, this is among the first of singer-songwriter and percussionist Mart’na’lia’s albums to...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco
Compiler Herman Fuselier – a writer and broadcaster in Opelousas, Louisiana – states that not one of the artists on...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Radio Moskova
How the anguished bass laments, taunted by the merciless, provoking accordion. But they forgive and make up, dancing around each...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Congo – Pygmy Polyphonies from North Congo
This is a stunning collection of one of the world’s most extraordinary vocal expressions: yeli, the polyphonic yodeling from the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Our Latin Thing
This special edition package celebrates the 40th anniversary of a very special night. On Thursday August 26 1971, the stellar...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
