Reviews
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic India
This eclectic collection features established giants such as Asha Bhosle alongside relative unknowns. Opening with a 70s Bollywood number by...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Apr/May/2015
Unite
Some folks follow in the footsteps of Fela, others follow Femi… This ten-piece Afrobeat band from Spain seem to opt...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2022
Sublime Ragas
A foremost protégé of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, Kartik Seshadri has very rapidly emerged as one of the world's best...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2012
Y Se Fue en la Bolita
Led by two Chilean brothers based in Belgium, Xamanek make a fusion of Latin rock that incorporates elements of hip-hop,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017
Cuttin' Grass Vol 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions
Multi-time Grammy and Americana music award winner, country music singer-songwriter and actor Sturgill Simpson has fed 20 of his original...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021
Mavra Froudia
Stelios Petrakis, Efrén López & Bijan Chemirani
Very slick and polished, imma– culately performed and recorded, and full of dance-like energy, there's nothing to dislike about this...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
Puja
This is is the follow-up to Sanders' 2018 release, Java. As with that album, this, his third solo effort, features...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: May/2020
Sanata: Stillness
Born in India, raised in Canada and now resident in New York City, Kiran Ahluwalia has forged an intriguing and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015
Listen
American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
The Rough Guide to Americana
Compiled by rock writer and musician Sylvie Simmons, this second edition of TheRough Guide to Americana is a pleasing hodgepodge...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2016
