Reviews
Rakhshani Love Songs & Trance Music from Balochistan
This is music from a sadly neglected part of the world. Hopefully this great double CD will bring attention to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Voodoo Beat
nemanja want to take you on a trip – a trip to the underworld. In this retelling of the ancient myth...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: October/2023
Luz
This latest album from Portuguese singer and new-wave fadista Cuca Roseta is a bright and upbeat affair. It's well recorded,...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: June/2018
Recalentados
We know that Los Amparito, the project of Mexican producer Carlos Pesina Siller, is playful because a) Los Amparito is...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2023
The Rough Guide to Arabic Café
What exactly does Arabic Café mean? The liner notes to this CD explain that, in contrast to the clinical coffeehouse...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2014
An Introduction to Anne Briggs
An elusive but tremendously significant figure from the thrilling UK folk scene of the 1960s and 70s, Briggs has barely...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2018
Oriental Winds of the Baroque
Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Nils Økland, Elizabeth Holmertz, Kouame Sereba & Jésus Fernández Baena
There can be no doubting the ambition of Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and his ensemble on this release. In the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2019
Calling
It is heartening when a thing of beauty emerges following an existential threat: this album is a case in point....
Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: July/2022
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Canción Nueva (Omaggio a Victor Jara)
What passes for a tribute, or omaggio, is, as often as not, simply cashing-in by lesser (or at least less...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
