Reviews
What Makes Bob Holler
There can be few outfits whose name describes their modus operandi quite as fittingly as Hot Club Of Cowtown. If...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing
This is meditative music, created by a group of Japanese and Japan-based musicians playing Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean and Mongolian...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2024
Sud de la Louisiane
A pared-down version of the legendary Foghorn Stringband, this trio of heel-kicking musicians from Portland, Oregon, play mandolin, banjo, fiddle,...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: October/2011
The Rough Guide to Indian Classical Music
This album features a line-up of some distinguished musicians of North and South Indian music, two distinct classical traditions. Among...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2014
Habibi Funk 015: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World, Part 2
As the comprehensive and beautifully produced sleeve notes make clear, this compilation of 13 jaw-droppingly funky tracks from the Middle...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa
Sweet as Broken Dates is a collection of Somali-language pop recorded in Somalia, Somaliland and Djibouti from the 1960s right...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2017
Sandwood
Following on from two major artistic endeavours in recent years – the award-winning, multi-media project Kin and his Strathglass Trilogy...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018
Songs from Home
There are three Polish women at the heart of Toronto-based band Polky, and Songs from Home refers both to their...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2021
What Heat
I did a double-take upon hearing that the world-fusion group Bokanté was planning a project with the Metropole Orkest. Already...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018
Mi Herencia
New York City has been tapping into Colombian music fever for several years now, what with festivals such as Encuentro...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2022
