Reviews
New Orleans Funk Vol 4
Soul Jazz Records does a remarkable job in its reissues of Caribbean music and the New Orleans Funk series always...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2017
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
Latin DNA
It's hard to dislike Dorancé Lorza & Sexteto Café as this is passionate and earnest music with a true love...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
The Boréales Sound of Northern Europe
This five-piece fiddle band from Norway got together a dozen years ago, meeting when most of them were studying at...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2012
Musical Anthology of the Aka Pygmies
In #114 we reviewed an Ocora CD of Aka Pygmy music that focused on their instrumental accompaniment. This latest album...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
The Rough Guide to Acoustic India
Every track on this CD deserves to be played on repeat until they are all etched, beat for beat, into...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Trust the Sea to Guide Me
A well-crafted third solo recording from Lewis-born singer and multi – instrumentalist Iain Morrison, this album demonstrates his gift for...
Reviewed by Debbie Koritsas in issue: July/2010
Saet El-Hazz (The Luck Hour)
Egyptian multi-instrumentalist Maurice Louca is known for navigating between electronic dance music, crossovers with Egypt’s contemporary maghraganat music, participating in...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: December/2021
