Reviews
Gagner l'Argent Français
Malian singer Mamani Keita made her name in electro-roots music with her collaboration with French musician Marc Minelli on the...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2011
Maisha Ni Matamu
Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga
Although originating from the Congo in Central Africa, the singer Samba Mapangala is better known amongst Swahili-speaking East African fans...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2011
The Secret
In the past, some of Vieux Farka Touré's guitar playing has steered perilously close to the self-indulgent and generic, particularly...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2011
Taiwan Pulsation
Ten Drum is a young Taiwanese percussion group. At first you might compare the troupe to the taiko ensembles of...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: October/2011
A Night in Abyssinia
A Night in Abyssinia is based on a risky premise. On the one hand, turning in a mostly instrumental set...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2011
Mavra Froudia
Stelios Petrakis, Efrén López & Bijan Chemirani
Very slick and polished, imma– culately performed and recorded, and full of dance-like energy, there's nothing to dislike about this...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
La Habana era una Fiesta: Original Recordings From the Golden Age of Cuban Radio
Spain may have lost Cuba as a colony in 1898 but strong ties remained between the two nations and this...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2011
A Musical Journey
Linde Nijland & Bert Ridderbos
Wearing a veil, Dutch folk singer Linde Nijland performs the traditional ‘The Snows they Melt the Soonest’ in an Iranian...
Reviewed by René van Peer in issue: October/2011
