Reviews
Rough Guide to Bellydance
Finger cymbals? Check. Hip scarves, fan veil, belly button jewel? Check. The second edition of the Rough Guide to Bellydance...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011
Rebelión Tropical: The Very Best of Fruko & Joe Arroyo
These tremendous songs from the Colombian legends – bass player, percussionist, producer and song-writer, Julio Ernesto Estrada Rincon (aka Fruko)...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: June/2011
Cotonou Club
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Listen to the opening track, ‘Ne Te Faches Pas’, and you'll hear a powerful muscular testament to the rebirth of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Bright Morning Stars
They're not sisters, but The Wailin’ Jennys sound like they must have grown up singing under the same roof together....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2011
20 Years: The Best of The Ukrainians 1991-2011
In the early 90s The Ukrainians enjoyed a large following and solid music press support. Largely forgotten since then (at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2011
Caravan Palace
France has long led the way when it comes to contemporary artists reinterpreting Gypsy jazz and swing, inevitably inspired by...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2011
Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of Latin New York
It would seem that Strut's summertime Salsa Explosion (reviewed in Songlines #72) was really just a starter for this, more...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2011
Gamelan of Java, Volume IV: Puspa Warna
Lyrichord's latest two discs highlight Javanese gamelan music's diversity. On Puspa Warna, musicians from central Java perform some of the...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: June/2011
Lung Capacity
Bands that play with smiles on their faces and tongues in their cheeks are often mistrusted by the brow-furrowing serious...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2011
Corriente Vital: 10 Años
The last ten years seem to have passed as quickly as the pulsing beats in ‘Corre Lola Corre’ for Ojos...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2011
