Reviews
The Bridge
Arash Moradi plays the tanbur – a saz-like long-necked lute that is played in Iranian Kurdistan. For many it is...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2018
Oh Yeah Habibi
Google the word ‘Arabicana’ and you’ll either find restaurants in Dubai and Edinburgh or a musical style of the same...
Reviewed by Stan Rijven in issue: April/2016
The Guesthouse Sessions
Lockdown has proved a rich creative experience for the Belgian bal folk duo, diatonic accordionists Pascale Rubens and Toon Van...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2021
Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound
Along with the magnificent Konono No 1, Kasai Allstars played a key role in the Congotronics movement, creating wild, hypnotic...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2021
Northern Flyway
Birds have been companions, harbingers, auguries and symbols for humanity for millennia. We follow their song, their migrations, their flyways,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2018
Qui Omple Un Estadi No És Pas Un Graller
Trèvol present themselves as a young quartet picking on traditional instruments and repertoire, while inserting jazz, pop and folk elements....
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: February/March/2025
Moçambique
Born in Maputo 52 years ago but now resident in Sweden, Celso Paco released his excellent debut album Dugongo in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
Zomba Prison Project: I Have No Everything Here
In 2013, producer Ian Brennan clandestinely documented the music found inside Zomba's maximum security institution in Malawi. Some of the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015
Pata de Perra
Laso, a key figure in contemporary Argentine tango, teams up with producer Aldo ‘Macha’ Asenjo of Chilean cumbia outfit Chico...
Reviewed by Charis McGowan in issue: January/February/2024
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
