Reviews
South India: Flowers and Ashes Hymns to Shiva
This is a disc of South Indian (Karnatic) singing in the temples of Tamil Nadu, the large state at the...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Apr/May/2010
Woradj Alle (Impressions of Ethiopia)
Brooklyn-based violinist Kaethe Hostetter, aka K8A, has been making experimental music grounded in the traditions of Ethiopia for the better...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: May/2026
Worlds Away: Chants, Songs, Rituals & Instrumentals From 33 Countries and Island Communities
You probably had to be as bonkers to compile this album as it is to try to review it. The...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017
Bahia Com H
Perhaps because she worked alongside the likes of Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento – among other Brazilian greats –...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2022
Chinook Waltz
When you click the ‘Music’ tab on Over the Moon’s website, the introductory note says, ‘With this album, we tried...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2022
#NuNairobi
Not just the banner for a new wave of artists, creatives and entrepreneurs that are proud to call the Kenyan...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2019
The Ultimate Guide to English Folk
We’re not short of compilations of British folk music, but this comes with a difference. Its compiler is Jon Boden,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
LIVE – Olympiahalle München
LaBrassBanda hail from Bavaria, and this homecoming concert found them playing to 12,000 fans. You read that correctly: not 1,200...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Folk Music of China Vol 7: Folk Songs of the Yi and Qiang Tribes in Sichuan & Yunnan
This might not be an easy-listening album, but it takes one on a rare cultural tour to hear the music...
Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
