Reviews
Salsa Salsa
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
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
Tarrwaysin & Rrways: A Journey into the Realm of Amazigh Wandering Poet-Singers
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
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
New Sound of the Middle East
The album title certainly makes a brave claim, but in many ways the music lives up to it, for Hagai...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2023
The Rough Guide to Brazilian Jazz
It's fair to say Brazilian music has been in intimate dialogue with jazz almost from the genre's 19th-century inception –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Raysn: The Music of Jewish Belarus
This New York-based band are exploring the Jewish music of Belarus and its surrounds. The Jewish culture of the region...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2016
The Rough Guide to Country Blues
Give this album the roughly five minutes it takes to run down the first two tracks – the deeply harrowing...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2019
For the Sake of Auld Decency
Album number two from Irish-Danish four-piece Mórga, sees David Munnelly replace Barry Brady on accordion. But in all other respects...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic India
This eclectic collection features established giants such as Asha Bhosle alongside relative unknowns. Opening with a 70s Bollywood number by...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Apr/May/2015
