Reviews
Kinshasa Succursale
Recorded in 2008, the story of Kinshasa Succursale has the trappings of a film script. Congolese-Belgian rapper-cum-dandy Baloji had turned...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Sixth Sense
The Taal Tantra Experience with Tanmoy Bose
This is Taal Tantra’s second album, in which Indian and German musicians combine raga and jazz, fusing European and Indian...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Strange Birds in Paradise
Subtitled A West Papuan Soundtrack: Music Can Rise Above Tyranny, this recording provides the audio backing to a recent documentary...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Guts, Lungs & Bones
Unfortunately this album doesn’t quite have the visceral clout promised by its excellent Waitsian title, although it’s hard to put...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Turkey: The Ceremony of the Konya Dervishes
Konya Whirling Dervishes Ensemble
The ritual of the so-called whirling dervishes is the best-known Sufi ceremony in Turkey. During the sema, the dervishes, dressed...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail
As a member of the progressive bluegrass band the Punch Brothers, banjo player Noam Pikelny has made a name for...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The Old Songs
Damien Barber is the singer, concertina and guitar-player and ambitious imagin¬ation driving the Demon Barbers who, rather than concerts, present...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Malkradessa
The Bissau Guinean singer Venilio Evangelista Pan was born in Portugal and lives in London. This, his debut album, is...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Back Home
Cajun accordionist Wilson Savoy, in his liner notes, dedicates this abum ‘not only to the musicians and dance halls’ of...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
