Reviews
Ayahuasca: Música para Cine de Luis David Aguilar (1978-1983)
With little commercial appetite for avant-garde and classical music in Peru during the 70s and 80s, conservatory-trained composer Luis David...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2023
Freedom to Roam The Rhythms of Migration
What are ‘the rhythms of migration’ – are they natural, forced, seasonal? And how do you evoke or embody them...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2022
The Well Worn Path
This ninth solo album from the West Country fiddler and singer-songwriter might well be his equivalent of Fairport Convention's Liege...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2018
Peru Maravilloso
It’s obvious that much crate-digging has been done to put together this compilation, which features many rare tracks and little-known...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Secret Marriage
Cači Vorba’s debut album won a German Record Critics' Award last year and was a Top of the World release...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
In Paris
The tween and teenage girls of Benin’s Star Feminine Band knew nothing – zip – about playing music before 2016...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2022
South Sudan Street Survivors
General Paolino featuring Mama Celina
It’s great to hear music from South Sudan, especially on a reputable label like IRL. But it’s baffling that the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2013
Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs From Aleppo
When Jason Hamacher, a punk drummer in Washington DC, read William Dalrymple's From the Holy Mountain, he contacted the author...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah
Ziad Rahbani is the son of Lebanese icon Fairuz and famed composer Assi Rahbani and a living legend in Lebanon,...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2024
