Reviews
Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground
Jaglara is the sound of one man and one keyboard, emanating from the rural al-Fashaga region near the tripoint of...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023
Love Songs
Opening with piano and a flourish of fiddle on instrumental track, ‘Summer Daylight Winter Darkness’, Bella Hardy’s tenth album is...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022
Buzz’ Ayaz
In Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, there are very real and longstanding physical and political divides between the Greek and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2024
Só Ouço
What was originally supposed to be a semester of student exchange in Rio de Janeiro, turned into a year and...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: September/2025
Bi Cinnete Bakar
While it is true that young people in Turkey are getting clued in on 70s Anatolian psych through international acts...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2022
Olli Goes to Bollywood
Olli & The Bollywood Orchestra
Nothing if not experimental, Olli & The Bollywood Orchestra have made a third album every bit as bizarre as its...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: April/2016
Tirán
There’s a thrilling balance here between questing innovation and serenading sounds from Galician piper and flautist Anxo Lorenzo. Supported by...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Seven Continents
You would be forgiven for feeling a little nonplussed by the title of this Danish trio's second album. The first...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2015
The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco
Compiler Herman Fuselier – a writer and broadcaster in Opelousas, Louisiana – states that not one of the artists on...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Masters of Indian Classical Music Volume II
This double–CD set follows on from an earlier compilation from ARC featuring more or less the same group of musicians...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Apr/May/2010
