Reviews
Ez Kî Me
Even though this is actress and singer Meral Polat's homage to her Kurdish roots, the music on her debut album,...
Reviewed by Ton Maas in issue: April/2023
Gharbí
This album has a strongly conceptual quality to it. Belmonte imagines himself journeying between Andalucía and Arabia with the purpose...
Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: February/March/2025
Casita de Campo
Jose Manuel Cobles, aka Puerto Plata, is an 83–year–old legend from the Dominican Republic who draws on song styles from...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Gabru Panjab Dha
There is more JK than meet the eye. At first glance, the blinged-up boy who graces the cover of this...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Ballads & Corridos 1949-1975
There are only a handful of truly mythic borders in the world and the Tex-Mex border is one of them....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2010
People of the Sun
Anthony Joseph was raised in Trinidad, shifted to London and has, over recent decades, made a name for himself as...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018
Tribute to Irakere
Paying tribute to your former band might sound like a vainglorious kind of nostalgia, if it weren’t for the fact...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2016
The Rough Guide to Fado Legends
It's only natural that for every musical genre there is one voice that stands out and outshines everyone else. If...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Golden Shore
Scottish duo The Daughters found the lockdown gave them the time to write, and an opportunity to take stock of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2022
