Reviews
Our Lady of the Tall Trees
From the first track to the last, the sonorous twang and thrum of Cahalen Morrison & Eli West’s music is...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Courage
Malian kora (harp-lute) player Mamadou Diabate is still only in his mid-30s but has racked up a stack of excellent...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Rough Guide to Salsa Dance
Just how much juice is there left to squeeze from the salsa market? Tons, if the recent assembly line of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010
Jazz Is Dead 026
Working together since 1969, the hugely popular musical partnership of Antonio Carlos and Jocafi combines the folk traditions of their...
Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: May/2026
Cartagena!
Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72
Aqui en la costa me vuelve loco’ (Here on the Coast I go Mad). So sings the great band leader...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011
Corazón y Hueso
When Argentinian rocker Daniel Melingo took a stab at tango in 1998 with songs like ‘Narigón’ and ‘José el Cuchiyero’...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2012
The Rough Guide to English Folk
This is, in a sense, not one but two Rough Guides. The first is a selection of 17 tracks compiled...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2011
Sketches of Africa
David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet once speculated on what Beethoven’s works might have sounded like if he’d been able...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
