Reviews
Pakistan is for the Peaceful
This is an incredible performance by Pakistani master vocalist Ustad Saami, one that demands that you listen and re-listen to...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2020
Do Amor e dos Dias
Camané's latest album, Of Love and Days, is unlikely to be the easiest of listening for newcomers to fado but...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: July/2011
Rhymes With Orange
An enthusiastic duo from Bristol comprised of guitarist and singer Jon Lewis and singer and percussionist Jah-Man Aggrey, originally from...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Savor Flamenco
In the late 80s, the Gipsy Kings brought pop-flamenco to the world, becoming a household name and world music’s biggest...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Bush Lady
At last! The legendary and long out-of-print album Bush Lady, Alanis Obomsawin's first and only music recording, is getting the...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Jewish-Arab Song Treasures
Here’s another exemplary piece of music history from Buda Musique, its liner notes adorned with a weighty chunk of scholarship...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Sake of the Sound
Front Country were formed in 2011 by some of San Francisco's finest young bluegrass and acoustic roots players – Adam...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Music from Entre Douro e Vouga
In contrast to the extraordinary field recordings by Michel Giacometti and José Alberto Sardinha all over Portugal during the second...
Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
World of Pixinguinha
Hamilton de Holanda is a fantastically accomplished musician. As a player of the bandolin (15-stringed lute) there are probably none...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2015
Abri Cyclonique
For the last five decades, Polobi, from Guadeloupe has been drumming and singing gwo ka music in the Caribbean island's...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023
