Reviews
Galata
Orchestra Bailam e Compagnia di Canto Trallalero
This is an intriguing imaginary musical journey. From the Middle Ages onwards, merchants from the Republic of Genoa established trading...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Smile Som Sumarsole
Hallingdal is a Norwegian valley whose music is traditionally dominated by the Hardanger fiddle, and hailing is the name of...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Diphtong
Wooden flute and clarinet both have quite a history in Swedish music but have rarely, if ever, been heard together...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Ambush
Having first cut his teeth as a percussionist in Remmy Ongala's legendary Orchestre Super Matimila, Ambush is Saidi Kanda's first...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Master of the Cajun Accordion
Gathering together Abshire's mid-60s to mid-70s recordings, this album captures 25 performances from one of the giants of Cajun music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
What's Left of Spider John
Spider John Koerner is championed in Bob Dylan's Chronicles memoir – the two young men used to play the Minneapolis...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings From the 1970s and 1980s
After presumably running out of crates to dig through in West Africa for Soundway's splendid series of 70s archive recordings...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
The Lost Tapes
Every now and then a release sneaks out of the woodwork that nobody is prepared for. Strut have stumbled upon...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
