Reviews

The Rough Guide to Ali Akbar Khan

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

Angélique Kidjo

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

Utu

Värttinä

Värttinä fans have been holding their breath ever since Miero in 2006. Not only has a new album been a...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Black Robert

Mama Rosin

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

Deolinda

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

Suites

Sitardust

There is a lot to like on this diverse album, the second put together and led by Brussels-based sitarist Joachim...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2023

Samaagam

Amjad Ali Khan & the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Samaagam, a Sanskrit word meaning ‘confluence’ or ‘flowing together’, is the title of a new concerto which brings together India's...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2011

Salsa Salsa

Tito Puente and His Orchestra

In January 1983 Tito Puente took his orchestra to a club in New York, for a rousing and historic session....

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2024

Tarrwaysin & Rrways: A Journey into the Realm of Amazigh Wandering Poet-Singers

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Tarrwaysin & Rrways is a landmark collection of new performances of more than 50 itinerant Amazigh (Berber) poets and singers...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2021

Sun Gong/Bring on the Sun

Laraaji

Four decades ago, zitherist Edward Larry Gordon made his debut on a small US label. Then, renamed Laraaji, he collaborated...

Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2018