Reviews
Abu Nawas Rhapsody
The titles of past albums by the Tunisian-born oud (lute) player and singer Dhafer Youssef mapped out a story: Electric...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2010
Jelszó
Félix Lajkó & Balázs János | Félix Lajkó & Budafoki Dohnányi Zenekar
Lajkó is one of Europe's most talented and most adventurous violinists. Hungarian-speaking, but Serbian-born, he transcends musical borders, ranging from...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2015
Wulansih
Peni Candra Rini is a Javanese singer whom I first saw performing with Kronos Quartet in their last London show...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2024
Araya Lam
The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band | VARIOUS ARTISTS
Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band (PBMIB) has released its first studio album since 2016’s successful Planet Lam. The new album...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: August/2024
Kuarup: Guardian of Brazil’s Musical Soul
Is this comprehensive 25-track collection a compilation or a playlist? I’m not entirely sure, but it goes some way to...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: August/2025
Al Qantara: The Bridge
Southern Morocco has become a hot-house of cultural fusion, partly due to the number of foreign musicians playing and working...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2014
Getz/Gilberto ’76
When João Gilberto and Tom Jobim slowed down samba and gave birth to bossa nova, a languorous song form that...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2016
The Collection
Gospel music is the biggest selling genre in South Africa and the Lusanda Spiritual Group rival Ladysmith Black Mambazo and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Un Canto por México, Vol 1
Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of those superstars who makes the rest of us feel idle and talentless. She...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2020
Protobilly: The Minstrel & Tin Pan Alley DNA of Country Music 1892-2017
This compilation is an amazing and expansive labour of love that traces the journey of country music from the very...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
