Reviews
Capture: 1995-2010
Love them or loathe them – and they do tend to polarise opinion – Afro Celt Sound System prompted a...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010
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Aşk(Love)
Aka Gündüz Kutbay | Kani Karaca
Don Cherry and Rafael Garrett brought exciting news about this astounding ney soloist, steeped in the mevlevi tradition but fearless...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: July/2010
Home
Here’s an interesting oddity. A group of African musicians sing in a makeshift studio on the banks of Lake Malawi,...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2022
Música da Terra
Batuk are a dance-infused trio hailing from South Africa. Comprised of renowned producer and rapper Spoek Mathambo, Aero Manyelo and...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
A la Manera Artesana
Spanish folk has a quality perfect for our times: the ability to wail, complain and lament and, at the same...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2022
Songs of Biboki
Reviewing music like this is a bit like trying to slap a star rating on someone's breathing – it's rather...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Apr/May/2012
Planet Lam
Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band
The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band's second studio album sees the band move on from the rootsy molam music of...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The Rough Guide to Brazilian Jazz
It's fair to say Brazilian music has been in intimate dialogue with jazz almost from the genre's 19th-century inception –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
The Space Between
For their new inter-Celtic album, the five-piece Mabon, led by the accordion and voice of Jamie Smith, enlisted Jim Moray...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2016
YTILAER
Bill Callahan's Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest saw his writing point its focus inwards and take on the enormity of...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2022
