Reviews
Radio Babel
Watcha Clan are a ragtag collective of musicians from the Mediterranean port town of Marseille. France's third city is a...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2011
Rock From Taklamakan Desert
The Taklamakan Desert is situated in the south-east of Xinjiang – a province in northwest China that serves as the...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Créateur de la Valse Musette et de la Java
It's not often a cynical old music hack gets to dust off epithets like heart-warming, but this pair of records...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2019
Hunting Eagles Catching Swans
Gao Hong & Friends | Lin Shicheng & Gao Hong
Lin Shicheng (1922-2005), the late master of the Pudong School of pipa playing, was one of the most highly regarded...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/2021
Diew Sor Isan: The North East Thai Violin of Thonghuad Faited
Most compilations of north-eastern Thai music focus on the region's most popular instrument, the khaen, a free-reed bamboo mouth organ,...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: October/2012
State of Mind
Despite a career spanning two decades and counting, Zion Train show no signs of slowing down. Emerging out of the...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Rough Guide to Fado
Following the success of the first Rough Guide fado compilation album, some eight years later we now have a welcome...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: June/2012
Songs of Happiness, Poison & Ululation
Over the last decade, as ageing baby boomers took stock of their past and waxed nostalgic about the pop, soul,...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
The Havana Suite
Ahmed Dickinson & Trio Mestizo
With the current vogue for sharp-edged Cuban sounds – funky timba, relentless reggaeton, heavy duty salsa dura – showing no...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Sparrowmania!
Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco) is now 76 years old and seemingly still per¬forming and occas¬ionally issuing new recordings. With...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012
