Reviews
Iran: The Masters of Music, Vol 1
In the 19th century, the once orally transmitted modal tradition of Persian classical music was canonised into a repertoire known...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2021
The Rough Guide to Ali Akbar Khan
It is rare for a single musician to be called the greatest living musician of his time, yet that is...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2018
Sings with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Fresh from winning a Grammy for Best World Music Album for 2014's Eve, which featured massed choirs and the Kronos...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2015
Ayobaness! The Sound of South African House
‘This is the new Africa,’ declares the liner notes. But it isn't really. House music has been thudding out of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2010
The Sounds of India; Improvisations; Three Ragas
This double album features three older releases by Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitar maestro who died in 2012. He took...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2015
The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music
Working this time in Lima, Peru, this album from the Just Play project – accompanied by a webisode for each...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019
Black Robert
Since releasing theirsecond album, Brule Lentement [reviewedin #68], which wasinfluenced by TheClash as well as 1920s zydeco squeezebox supremo AmedeArdoin,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2011
Dois Selos e um Carimbo
How can you top a debut album that has spent over 100 weeks in the Portuguese charts, powered by the...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2010
