Reviews
Navarasa: Nine Emotions
When the Scottish folk singer and guitarist James Yorkston, double bassist Jon Torne and the Indian sarangi maestro Suhail Yusuf...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020
Ivresses
Alireza Ghorbani & Dorsaf Hamdani
Iranian singer Alireza Ghorbani and Tunisian singer Dorsaf Hamdani here have teamed up for a celebration of the poetry of...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2011
La Diablera
French-based Argentinian band La Típica Folklórica are trying quite a curious experiment: utilising the format and heft of the traditional...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2022
Kill Me or Negotiate
Egyptian vocalist and trumpeter Abdullah Miniawy and French electronicist Simo Cell have been collaborating for just over two years, tinkering...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2021
Live at the Roundhouse, London
Kiwi nu-dub/soul outfit Fat Freddy’s Drop meticulously craft their studio albums, but nothing really compares to their live act. On-stage,...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2011
Bollywood Funk Experience
To the uninitiated, the richly hued and garish world of Bollywood film soundtracks can seem daunting and inaccessible. Jonny Trunk...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2010
Raghu Dixit
Do you wanna feel good? Raghu Dixit does. He has an exuberant optimism that epitomises modern India. While announcing in...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2010
The Rich are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives
The eighth album by British-Trinidadian Renaissance man Anthony Joseph takes its title from a line by legendary Trinidadian theorist CLR...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Jazz Batá 2
As a master of Cuban piano, any new release by Chucho Valdés is sure to spark excitement among Latin music...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2019
