Reviews
Play Traditional Cajun Music
The Balfa Brothers were born into a very poor Cajun farming family in southern Louisiana and grew up both speaking...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2012
Parranda La Cruz
Based in Lyon, Parranda La Cruz are a vocal and percussion quartet founded by the two female voices, Venezuelan expatriate...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2023
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle
I Kate and Anna McGarrigle were the unlikeliest of pop stars, two plain-spoken homebodies raised in the ancient Laurentian mountain...
Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: October/2013
A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey
A former touring member of award-winning African-American string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, cellist Leyla McCalla made her solo debut with...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2016
River of Revenge: Brazilian Country Music 1929-1961 (Vol 1 & 2)
The pop and crackle of early recording gear, the guttural twang of handmade instruments, hand-me-down harmonies and country songs of...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: May/2023
I Heard the Voice of a Donut
Screamin’ Miss Jackson & The Slap Ya Mama Big Band
‘I’m just trying to have fun,’ insists the lyric of the penultimate track ‘Old Bones’. Taken as the prime directive...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2016
The Music of the Gypsy Lăutari of Bucharest
The Inédit label comes out of the Maison des Cultures du Monde in Paris and showcases high-quality traditional music. No...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2021
The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary
There has been renewed activity and invention on the Hungarian folk scene in recent years, as a new generation has...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Songs Inspired by the Film The Beatles and India
Here are two discs to accompany the new documentary film on the highly influential period when The Beatles visited India...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2021
The Rough Guide to the Music of Palestine
Less than 20 years ago, a representative of the Palestinian National Authority in London warned me that “there wasn't much...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2014
