Reviews
Second Circle the Horizon
To evoke the natural world is an age-old quest for musicians. To accomplish the mission so thoroughly and sonorously, as...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2025
Club Coco – New Dimensions in Latin Music
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
The Dominican-American Charlie Chimi’s ‘Échale Candela’ (Set it on Fire) was what first sparked Mexican DJ Coco Maria to assemble...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2025
L’immortel – The 60's Rumba Revolution in Congo
Despite being one of the most instrumental musicians in the rumba revolution that took place across the two Congos during...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2023
A Loaf of Wax (Live from MOTH Club)
‘Willie’s Lady’ tells the story of a new wife who has more than the usual difficulties with her mother-in-law, who...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: February/March/2026
Maqam Pilgrims
Egyptian-born oud player and composer Mustafa Said is one of the most illustrious names in Arabic music today. Born blind,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2026
Rumba Argelina
When Rumba Argelina blasted the late Benjamín Escoriza and his Moorish sidemen to the fore of Spanish flamenco fusion in...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Live in Concert
Chris Stout's Brazilian Theory
Fiddler Chris Stout comes from Fair Isle, which lies between Orkney and Shetland, north-east of the Scottish mainland, famous for...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary
There has been renewed activity and invention on the Hungarian folk scene in recent years, as a new generation has...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Viene de Mi
If you thought Argentinian music was all just about tango, then how very wrong you were. Cumbia, Latin America's dance...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
