Reviews
Ali & Toumani
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté and Ali Farka Touré's 2005 Grammy-winning collaboration In the Heart of the Moon was about as flawless a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2010
Growing Up Wild
This is a great find – a modern journey to southern Taiwan with balladeer Lin Sheng Xiang and his Japanese...
Reviewed by Joanna Lee in issue: March/2010
Sonando Ya
The Sierra Maestra, the mountainous region where the leading lights of the 1959 Cuban revolution hid out, is intimately associated...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2010
Music From Bavaria
Whatever prejudices you might have about Bavarian folk music – you know, those Oktoberfest, beer-fuelled, lederhosen-clad, thigh-slapping, oom-pah brass-band stereotypes...
Reviewed by Mark Espiner in issue: March/2010
The Best of Sergio Mendes
If you’ve only ever heard two Brazilian songs, they are likely to be the Getz and Gilberto version of‘The Girl...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2010
Balkan Beats: A Night in Berlin
Of the many Balkan and Gypsy compilation series out there, Robert Soko’s Balkan Beats has always stood out for its...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: March/2010
Bulgaria: The Art of the Gadulka
The gadulka is the Bulgarian version of the pear-shaped fiddle, found in various forms right across the eastern Mediterranean. Like...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2010
In Concert
Kartik Seshadri & Anindo Chatterjee
Kartik Seshadri is probably the best sitar player of his generation and is considered a leading exponent of this most...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2010
Silsila – Oud Duets
Back in the 1960s, arguments raged as to whether a white man could really sing the blues, and the same...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2010
Oh, What A WorldFolk Europa FECD 030
What if Jimi Hendrix had heard the playing of a Transylvanian village primás? What if Béla Bartók were to have...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2010
