Reviews
International Soundclash
The music collective Sofrito have once again teamed up with Strut following the success of their 2011 release Sofrito: Tropical...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012
Bossa Muffin
Billed as a ‘traveller's diary’, Bossa Muffn sees Brazilian singer/ acoustic guitarist Flavia Coelho conduct a roots trip back from...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012
Diversions Volume 2
The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
Having fairly recently moved to West Yorkshire, I have to agree with Unthanks pianist and composer Adrian McNally that brass...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2012
Tientalaw
Zani Diabaté's first name may not be as instantly recognisable as his last (many of the Diabaté dan are griots)...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2012
Bass Culture, Volume 1: This Town is Too Hot!
In line with Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of independence, Nascente Records have compiled a four-volume, 160-track summary of the island’s greatest...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012
So Bouzouk
On paper, the diverse musical elements that this album brings together – Kurdish traditional, flamenco and Parisian jazz – could...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2012
Goblet of Eternal Light
Ali Akbar Moradi & Bahar Movahed
Ali Akbar Moradi is a master of the Kurdish tanbur (long-necked lute) and one of the great traditional musicians of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Jewish-Arab Song Treasures
Here’s another exemplary piece of music history from Buda Musique, its liner notes adorned with a weighty chunk of scholarship...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Prince Buster Shakedown
During the 2-Tone wave that hit the UK in the late 1970s, covering Prince Buster tracks – as The Specials...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Pendulum
Virginian banjo player, singer, and songwriter Morgan O’Kane has delivered a powerful punch of a second album. Many of the...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
