Reviews
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
Ondatropica
No one does Colombia with as much attention to detail as Soundway Records. Their latest two-CD release, Ondatrópica, is a...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Last Bird to Sing
Some first-rate accompanists join Ewan McLennan for his second album – Martin Simpson, John McCusker and Karine Polwart on harmony...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Ground of its Own
I hesitate to begin a review with the CD cover and the sleeve notes but two details here are key...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Nord
The Warsaw Village Band are one of the most interesting folk groups in Europe: they have always stayed true to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
African Blues
A dozen years ago the Putumayo label issued one of the first compilations to explore the rich connections between African...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Ushba: Georgian Harmonies
The group Mze Shina (Inner Sun) is actually a French quartet – three men and one woman – specialising in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Canibalismo
Peruvian cumbia (or chicha) is the rock‘n’roll of Latin music. More about feeling and attitude than other regional styles, it...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
