Reviews
Nimissa
This brave and original kora rock band from Guinea have made both startlingly extraordinary and some plainly nondescript albums, but...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: July/2012
A Retrospective
Pink Martini | Pink Martini & Saori Yuki
‘If the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band,’ commented Thomas Lauderdale, bandleader of...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995
The late Lobi Traoré’s reputation as the wild maverick of the Malian electric guitar is based less on his recorded...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: March/2014
In Concert
Kartik Seshadri & Anindo Chatterjee
Kartik Seshadri is probably the best sitar player of his generation and is considered a leading exponent of this most...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2010
Mitha Bol: Rajasthan Field Recordings Vol 1
These wonderful discs make up two volumes of field recordings made in the Thar desert in Rajasthan, with both albums...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
London to Addis
This is a simple idea with a great pay-off: record traditional Ethiopian krar (five-stringed lyre), washint (wooden flute), masenqo (single-stringed...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2019
Eremìa
At the very tip of Italy, Calabria has been the gateway to Greek civilization, a heritage Ettore Castagna, founding member...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2022
