Reviews
Unplugged On Strawberry Hill
For anyone who considers Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert to be as valuable a contribution to soul music as he is to...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012
Tabla Jugalbandi for Ustad Shamsuddin Khan’s Punyatithi, 1968
This is a very rare private recording from 1968, featuring two percussion maestros of yesteryear, the twins Shashi (who died...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2012
Highlife Roots Revival
Palm-wine music was the acoustic precursor of Ghanaian highlife and was named after a homemade alcoholic beverage. Koo Nimo, now...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2012
Sonche Atlántico
This short, finely-crafted album by Galician multi-instrumentalist Pancho Álvarez – his fourth solo record – reveals an artist on fine...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2012
Election Special
Cooder has mined a rich vein of vernacular Americana in recent years, culminating with last year’s wonderful Pull Up Some...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Kuetumbari
Guitarist Jeannot Bel is one of a handful of fine Congolese musicians based in the UK who are managing to...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2012
Songs For Desert Refugees
The conflict in the southern Sahara between Malian government forces and the Touareg-led NMLA revolutionary army is reaching crisis point....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012
Based on True Events
After forming on a boat (the MV Halton) during the 2007 Orkney Folk Festival this quartet – consisting of Adam...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012
A Moving Sound
Founded by Taiwanese singer Mia Hsieh and American musician Scott Prairie, A Moving Sound draw on a rich history, offering...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012
The Tokyo Concert
This stunning live album of Astor Piazzolla was recorded at Tokyo’s Shibuya Kokaido theatre on November 21, 1982, at the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2012
