Reviews
Baul-Fakir Gostho Lila: Conversations between Ma Joshoda and the Cowherds
It could be just happenstance, but I detect a reawakening of interest in traditional folk culture in the Indian subcontinent....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Oldies and Old Time
Ivan Rosenberg seems to care about the material he creates or interprets, as well as about who’s listening to the...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Death and Other Animals
Messrs Rose, Sartin and Kirkpatrick are three crack players whose music has been heard far and wide – whether in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Five Rivers
For more than 30 years, the British-born Indian singer Najma Akhtar has operated largely beneath the radar, releasing a series...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2020
Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road
This handsome set matches a four-disc, unexpurgated record of Bengali ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya's 1955 epic field recording road trip, illustrated...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound
Laraaji, Merz & Shahzad Ismaily
New Age zither master Laraaji began his career busking in the parks of New York, where he was ‘discovered’ by...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Strange and Dangerous Times: New American Roots
The alt-country movement in the 90s was a reaction to the candyfloss of modern Nashville. It gave birth to a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2015
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Highlife-Jazz and Afro-Soul (1963-1969)
Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos
No other African musician has garnered as much global interest as Fela Kuti – Nigeria's creator of Afrobeat. His appeal...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2016
Festival Bell
Umpteen albums have come and gone since the original Fairport line-up started playing West Coast pop covers in 1967. As...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
