Reviews
The Rough Guide to Ethiopian Jazz
Rough Guides turns its attention to the wonderful world of Ethio-jazz. The trap of focusing only on Buda Musique's landmark...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2016
Windrush
As a Pennsylvaniaborn singer-songwriter and mandolinist married to a Frenchwoman and living in Cambridgeshire during the Brexit tussles, it’s perhaps...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2020
Un Canadien Errant
This is a three-way collaboration between Québécois fiddle and piano playing singer Sophie Lavoie, and uilleann piper and banjo player...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2017
Taling Dimalu: Beautiful Tales
Kora player Kadialy Kouyaté has woven a stellar reputation since arriving in London from Casamance, southern Senegal in 2003. Born...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2019
7 Billion
It's good, for her health's sake, that New York-based ghazal singer Kiran Ahluwalia isn’t one of those artists, like Led...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2018
Raivopyörä
Maija Kauhanen has emerged in recent years as a strong new presence on the Finnish folk scene, first as a...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2017
On the Romance of Being
Based in the Amandawe township in KwaZulu-Natal, Desire Marea has held a place at the centre of South Africa's queer...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2023
Rabbits Motel
It’s plainly a good thing that more young Americans are making and buying recordings of Americana. But there’s also no...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: July/2013
Namaste
With song titles like ‘Transcendental Consciousness’, ‘Brhama-Vishnu-Shiva’ [sic] and ‘Om Shanti’, we are clearly in California meets India territory. Rahul...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
In the Wake of Neil Gunn
In the early 20th century Neil Gunn was one of the most prolific and influential writers in Scotland, with a...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
