Reviews
You Have Already Gone to the Other World
The New Mexico-based duo of Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost have spent the last year touring their live score for...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2013
Abraçaço
Caetano Veloso signs off his letters and emails with 'umabrado'(A big hug) and with this CD he signs off a...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2013
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013
At just over two hours long, and with 31 tracks from artists such as Kathleen MacInnes, Lau, Karine Polwart and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2013
Mu Dan Ting
This is an album for lovers of the flute – in this ease the transverse flute known as the dizi...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: June/2013
They All Played for Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration
In early February 2012, a three-day benefit for the Arhoolie Foundation was staged in Berkeley, California, marking the 50th anniversary...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2013
BanningsviNe
Flammé Kapaya will be a new name to many. But he spent a decade backing the Congolese singer Werrason in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013
Shango
Towards the end of the 90s, a penchant for turning up new club-friendly tunes encouraged a slew of record aficionados...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: June/2013
Pasif.ist
On first listen it would be impossible to identify this debut, full-length release from New Zealand harpist and composer Natalia...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2013
Tooth & Nail
When you’re used to hearing Barking¬born Billy tetchily dissecting the state of the British nation in his sardonic foghorn of...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2013
The Rough Guide to Arabic Revolution
This album ranges widely over a number of countries and musical styles, clearly attempting to render music that has a...
Reviewed by Paul Hughes-Smith in issue: June/2013
