Reviews
Cumbia Beat Vol 3
Few places in the world were seemingly unaffected by the emergence of electric guitars and the success of The Beatles...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Hireth
A few accordion notes conjure the scene. Noir. Tanya Brittain makes her entrance: a wronged woman, bent on revenge. ‘Don’t...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2020
Growing Stone
The colourfully tasteful packaging might suggest that this American/ Brazilian collective see Growing Stone cosying up to the Putumayo compilations...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012
Live at WOMAD 1982
Can it really be 40 years since the first WOMAD took place at the Royal Bath and West Showground in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022
Del Canto Gitano: Music of Ancient Andalusia
The Moorish-occupied Iberian Peninsula, usually referred to as Al-Andalus, is an endless source of fascination. It was a period of...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: June/2021
The Rough Guide to the Music of India
It must be a thankless task being asked to compile one CD that sums up the whole of a musical...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Foxlight
It's taken the County Cork-born former Afro Celts singer six years to follow up his staggeringly visceral Invisible Fields, which...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011
Indiens Des Plaines: Chants et Danses de Cérémonie et de Guerre
Capturing the aural magnificence of a pow wow is always going to be hard; the sight and sound of circles...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: October/2014
