Reviews
Aratan n Azawad
No surprise that Terakaft – the name means ‘caravan’ in Tamasheq – stayed pretty close to the sound of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2011
Hungarian World Music: 70s-80s
For anyone interested in Hungarian music, this is a very useful overview of the last 40 years, since the beginning...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Pulling Threads
Having earned her spurs with Irish-American powerhouse outfit Cherish the Ladies, East Cork's Michelle Burke ventures out on her own...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2011
Roots of Life
Here's some Malian-inspired musical innovation from an unlikely source: maverick dance music producers Los Chicharrons, also known as the odd...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
Diamonoye Tiopité L'Epoque de I'Evolution
Idrissa Diop & Cheikh Tidiane Tall
In 1974, a millionaire Senegalese businessman named Ndiouga Kebe opened Sahm, the first shopping complex in Dakar. It had its...
Reviewed by Jenny Cathcart in issue: June/2011
Sigh of the Moor
This simply gorgeous self-released album from intriguing UK-based crew the Jadid Ensemble, based in north-west England, leaves you wanting to...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
Help My Brother
For a couple of gifted instrumentalists, Eric (banjo) and Leigh Gibson (guitar) have honed their naturally nasal vocal registers into...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2011
Tir
Tir is one of the words in Welsh for ‘Land’, but, more than its English equivalent, it suggests a connection...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2011
