Reviews
Ravi Shankar: Symphony
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Anoushka Shankar
Ravi Shankar’s Symphony received its world premiere in London’s Royal Festival Hall in July 2010. This is a live recording...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Sounds and Colours: 10 Years
I’ve met Mexicans into Spanish oi, Bolivians addicted to Jamaican ska, and Argentinians obsessed with Celtic folk. They produce fanzines,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020
Salsa Salsa
‘El Rey del Timbai died in 2000 at the age of 77. Like most kings, Tito Puente left behind a...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Melokáane
Born in Senegal but resident in Canada for the past 20 years, percussionist Elage Diouf has toured the world with...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017
Alone on a Hill
Katy Rose Bennett has been performing her Americana-tinged style of folk music for the best part of 20 years. She's...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021
Timeline
This is an innovative recording from a Canadian husband-and-wife duo who quirkily insist on writing their name in lower case....
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Riû
After a very promising debut album, produced by Argentinian musician Gustavo Santaolalla (leader of Bajofondo Tango Club), Cuca Roseta looked...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2016
Motel Llamado Mentira
With a background in burlesque and theatre, the Spanish singer known as Vinila von Bismark uses music as a very...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018
Riva
Astrid Kuljanic Transatlantic Exploration Company
Not content with her training as a chemical engineer, Croatian Astrid Kuljanic decided after college to follow her first passion:...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2018
NOU?
How does a region’s traditional music survive its own commercial success? Apparently overwhelmed by the touristic boom of pizzica, Apulian...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: November/2020
