Reviews
Live in Kyoto
Serving up ten tracks of previously unrecorded material captured in situ before an audience, Live in Kyoto can’t be faulted...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2024
Trujillo, Perú 1971-1974
Somewhere along the way cumbia has become the term used to describe Latin America’s golden age of tropical, danceable music,...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021
Hommage a Zanzibar
Awesome Tapes from Africa once again breathe new life into an album that was almost lost to time with their...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2023
Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark
Welsh acoustic finger stylist Gwenifer Raymond's second album, Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain (2020), saw a huge leap forward from...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: September/2025
Jiuta & Kotouta
Ensemble Yonin No Kaï were formed in 1957, when each of the four members was awarded a gold medal at...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2019
Long Journey Home – A Century After The 1925 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
John McCutcheon is known for his concept albums paying homage to folks like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. His new...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2025
Tales from the Punjab
Shez Raja is the kind of bass player who eschews the back row in favour of centre stage. In the...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2021
Nootee
The richness of sub-Saharan West African music continues to unfold before our ears as regional styles are identified and new...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Revolucionario
As well as his scintillating signature sound, at least a dozen sublime albums, and hundreds of compositions, Astor Piazzolla bequeathed...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2019
