Reviews
The Last Communiqué
The Last Communiqué is the final part of a trilogy of albums by the Beirut-based composer, guitarist, singer and vocalist...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Over the Rainbow
Let’s dispense with the jokes first. The late great Hawaiian vocalist and ukulele player Israel ‘Iz’ Kama– kawiwo’ole was so...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2011
A l’ Ombre du Grand Baobab
The Malian griot Mah Damba has lived in France for many years and her music reflects her cultural cosmo– politanism....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011
Beginner’s Guide to Cumbia
Cumbia is one o f Colombia’s greatest exports, spreading like wildfire throughout the Americas from the 1960s onwards. Back in...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011
Baby, How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust &Contempt from the 1920s &1930s
Thanks to dedicated researchers like Art Rosenbaum and ardent collectors like John Heneghan, a New York-based musician whose precious library...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2011
Black &White: Recorded in the Field by Art Rosenbaum
In 2007 and 2009, Dust to D igital released volumes one and two of Art of the Field Recording by...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2011
Laru Beya
The influence of the late Andy Palacio runs through these dozen songs and for Aurelio Martinez, a guitarist, singer-songwriter and...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: March/2011
Beyond Babylon
Arifa unites four Dutch and Belgian musicians who have roots in the Balkans and the Middle-East: Turkish and Dutch percussionist...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: March/2011
Afghan Music
Vocalists Zohreh Jooya and Hossein Arman are exiled Afghans performing with the Afghan En– semble, a traditional-style group rather like...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2011
