Reviews
Zouzou
After a quarter of a century living in France, Gnahoré recently returned to Cote d’Ivoire with two objectives. The first...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: September/2024
Times of Maharajas
Led by tabla player Rahis Bharti, the Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan are one of the busiest ensembles touring Rajasthani music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Tall Fiddler
There is a temptation for top-level bluegrass musicians to make pretentious, over-complicated fusion albums. This is not one of those....
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2020
4 Elementos
With collaborative credits ranging from Gato Barbieri to Talking Heads and a wealth of soundtracks under his belt, Naná Vasconcelos...
Reviewed by BrendÜN Griffin in issue: March/2014
Bienaventuranza
In recent years, the world of electronic music in Latin America has moved from revitalising cumbia with urgent beats to...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2018
Picaflor
If this album had been credited to Los Hijos de Bruhn you’d be in no doubt that this is the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Aurora: Remixes & Originals
To celebrate Azymuth’s 40-something years and 25 studio albums together, the band’s label, Far Out, commissioned an album full of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2013
Who He?
Ian Carr & The Various Artists
Carr is considered by many fellow musicians to be the most original guitarist on the block and is cited by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2015
Mujeres de Arena y Otras Historias
Amilcar Soto Rodriguez, Susana Baca & I Solisti Veneti
Amilcar Soto Rodriguez grew up as part of a musical family in Villa El Salvador on the Peruvian coast, a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021
Squirrel Hunting
The debut album by Hot Rock Pilgrims proves at least one thing: given enough talent and determination, a pan-European quintet...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
