Reviews

Offroad

Becaye

Becaye is a largely self-taught guitarist who spent his childhood in Dakar, Senegal, from where he developed his unique kora-like...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2017

Presents… Kingsize Blackfoot

Jinder

Jinder is one Phil Dewhurst, a West Country based musician who is very tall and has Blackfoot Sioux bloodlines in...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017

Acabou Chorare

Novos Baianos

Originally released on Som Livre in 1972, Acabou Chorare was recently voted the Best Brazilian Album Ever in a Rolling...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2016

Enthralled

Oliver Schroer & Nuala Kennedy

The aptly titled Enthralled, a collaboration between Canadian fiddler and composer Schroer and Irish flautist and singer Kennedy, is a...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2012

Europa

LaBrassBanda

This is a re-release of the Bavarian brass-band-cum-techno outfit's second album, although it's not entirely clear why an album that...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2015

The Astounding Eyes of Rita

Anouar Brahem

The shadowy timbres of Anouar Brahem's last CD, Le Pas de Chat Noir, made it one of the most striking...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Linyera

Melingo

Buenos Aires is fortunate to have both a popular musical form - tango - that has survived the demise of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2014

The Rough Guide to Tango Revival

VARIOUS ARTISTS

While you are listening if not dancing to this great sequence of tangos, you might ponder the reasons as to...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Abantu/Before Humans

BLK JKS

Back in 2009 South African indie-rockers-with-roots BLK JKS seemed to be on the verge of international stardom: Dave Grohl called...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2021

42 Days

Southeast of Rain

Formed of sound artists Sophia Shen and Lemon Guo, Southeast of Rain was conceived in the autumn of 2019, when...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2021