Reviews
Raga & Raj
Barry Phillips, Linda Burman-Hall, Lux Musica Ensemble
The second album in the Utsav! series hears musicians coming up with some fascinating ways of lauding Shankar’s contribution to...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Uncle Roland’s Flying Machine
Fans of this brilliant six-man band have been expecting this disc and it's been well worth the wait. Glen Baxter's...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Badinyaa Kumoo
Long respected as the first internationally successful female kora player, it is more than a decade since Sona Jobarteh's last...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022
Over That Road I’m Bound
In the two decades and more since the 18-year-old Joachim Cooder played percussion alongside Ry Cooder on Buena Vista Social...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
Ballads & Blasphemy: The Religious Gospel of Adebola Kuku
Nigerian singer-songwriter Kuku has an interesting heritage. Born Adebola Kuku in the US and raised in Lagos, he now resides...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2015
The Old School
In a career that spans six decades, Rowan has sung and played guitar and mandolin with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys;...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
Camaleão Borboleta
With 12 years behind them and half a dozen albums and EPs to their name, Graveola are one of the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2016
Arbina
Following her international debut album that was one of the greats of 2014, it's absolutely no bad state of affairs...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2016
Take It
Bristol reggae band Black Roots have offered a powerful social commentary for 40 years – spreading a message of love,...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: December/2018
