Reviews
Ambush
Having first cut his teeth as a percussionist in Remmy Ongala's legendary Orchestre Super Matimila, Ambush is Saidi Kanda's first...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
22 Strings
After his sublime album, Clychau Dibon, with Welsh harpist Catrin Finch that won Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration in the 2014 Songlines...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2015
Balkanica! v2
This album is the second in the Balkan-ica! series from Green Queen Music, an Italian label run by Luca Gatti...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/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
Wriggle and Writhe
Having recently won both the Best Duo and Best Musician awards at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, expectations are...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2012
Folk Awards 2011
Twenty-seven tracks selected from nominees for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011 makes for a compelling compilation. It includes...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Gospel Journey
Faada Freddy is one of the pioneers of African hip-hop. He was a founder of the Senegalese band Daara J,...
Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: October/2015
The Rough Guide to the Music of Eastern Europe
In their heyday, the Rough Guide CDs were superb overviews of the music of a particular country or region. Now,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2019
The Final Waltz
This is the debut solo release from the award-winning fiddler and multi- instrumentalist Ciaran Algar, who is best known for...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2016
