Reviews
Guitar Tango: Más Allá
Martín Alvarado & Horacio Avilano
Mentored by the late bandoneón player and songwriter Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer Martín Alvarado has been plying his plaintive, precisely...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Together in Love and Separation
Chandra Chakraborty & Saskia Griffiths-Moore
Indian classical singer Chandra Chakraborty is joined by London-based singer Saskia Griffiths-Moore in an album that explore themes of love...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2022
Carry Me Home
The theatrical and often comical approach to their kaleidoscope of Americana makes you want to see how The Dustbowl Revival...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Átimo
There has been an intriguing Sweden-Salvador, Brazil connection establishing itself of late, with Swedish producer Sebastian Notini working with Tiganá...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2020
Essence of Duality
When it comes to world fusion music revolving around Hindustani classical music, a template was set in stone by Shakti....
Reviewed by Shaswata Kundu Chaudhuri in issue: May/2022
Going Home
Since her debut in 2000, Canadian fiddler April Verch has sounded ever more confident both at soloing and at supporting...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2017
Kenya: The Obokano, Lyre of the Gusii
The area of north-east Africa, between the Nile and the Indian Ocean, is a heartland of lyres - from the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Awda
The oud player Adel Salameh has been carving out a name for himself around the world since he left his...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Arabesque
Spotted a few years ago by producer Mark Ronson to record a cover of ‘Uptown Funk’ at Abbey Road, the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2022
