Reviews
Amghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music – Vol One
The style of Touareg guitar music known to the world as ‘desert blues’ and to the musicians themselves as assouf...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
Put on Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger Ska & Rock Steady 1966-1967
Showcasing the work of Jamaican producer Sonia Pottinger, Put on Your Best Dress is packed with rocksteady and its musical...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: November/2019
Tjamuku Ngurra: Grandfather's Country
Aboriginal desert reggae-rock has a history dating back to the late-70s, when Central Australian bands such as No Fixed Address...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968
The honorific Dagar is synonym¬ous with dhrupad, one of the world’s oldest classical vocal genres. Zia Mohiuddin, who died in...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Onwards to Mars!
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fanfare Ciocărlia's launch, Onwards to Mars! serves up 14 new recordings. There are a...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2016
Cyprus Well
Cyprus Well is a terrace of small houses in Launceston, a town just west of the Tamar, the river between...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013
The Rough Guide to the Roots of Gospel
In the early days of popular recording, blues and gospel marched hand in hand – God’s music and the devil’s...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2020
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
Songs from the Bardo
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
Dealing with dying is a major aspect of both the sacred and secular. Songs from the Bardo is a small...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2019
