Reviews
Toma Tu Jabón Kapax
It's so rare these days to And music that sounds completely fresh, that is in any way different to everything...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013
Amanké Dionti
Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze
In the 60s everyone from Yehudi Menuhin to the Beatles wanted the sound of the Indian sitar on their records....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
From Dust to Light
Four years on from her last ethereal album Tuia, New Zealand singer Ariana Tikao’s latest batch of Original songs is...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013
Latin Noir: Everything Happens on the Beach
Noir and ‘beach’: two of the great clichés of cultural revisionism. The chamamé rhythms of Chango Spasiuk, Carlos Puebla’s song...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2013
Bad Old Songs
Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird
American-born, Berlin-based Daniel Kahn is one of the most interesting arrivals on the klezmer scene in the last few years....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2013
The First Ten Years
The three brothers Samir, Wissam and Adnan who make up Le Trio Joubran are undoubtedly the crown princes of the...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2013
Folkpolitik
Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona
In the wake of the Arab Spring, multi¬instrumentalist Stefano Saletti and his acoustic ensemble have interpreted songs telling of centuries...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2013
Grand Ukulele
Like banjo maestro Bela Fleck, Japanese-Hawaiian ukulele whiz Jake Shimabukuro has been obsessed with expanding the repertoire and reputation of...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013
Old World Tangos Vol 4: Istanbul Tango (1927-1953)
These fascinating Old World Tango collections explore various European and Oriental incarnations of the Argentinian form that spread outwards from...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2013
Flash Company
There’s a fine line between music that’s tight and that which is so polished it has lost its soul. For...
Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: Apr/May/2013
