Reviews
The Liberty to Choose
The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, compiled by Ralph Vaughan Williams and A L Lloyd, was published in 1959....
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Love in Exile
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
This extraordinary collaboration can broadly be described as Sufi electronica, but it transcends musical genres. Arooj Aftab is a grammy-award...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2023
Beyond the Grid
Led by the jazz saxophonist Guillaume Van Parys, Afrikän Protoköl brings together Belgian jazzers and traditional musicians from Burkina Faso...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2017
Bird Like Men
The debut album from this new Aotearoa (New Zealand) quartet brings together four distinctive Kiwi artists: female Māori singer-musicians and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022
Bottle
Bottle opens right up in your face, with the scrub-board electric guitar of Tim Eriksen fighting it out with Eliza...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2015
Awaken
Their name is certainly as playful as the music: a blend of distinctly old-school Parisian swing and Gypsy jazz with...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2019
The Rough Guide to Flamenco Guitar
Since its genesis in the 18th century, the flamenco guitar has changed little. Its use, however, has shifted from being...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Uña y Carne
It's been 12 years since Juan Gómez ‘Chicuelo’ released his last solo album, Diapasión. In the interim he's worked as...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020
North South East West
Norwegian folk and Arabic maqam engage in an understated courtship on this debut record by violinist Inger Hannisdal. Bass, drums...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2022
