Reviews
Chintamani: Precious Jewel
Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino
As implied by its title, a hybrid mysticism underpins the music of this CD. Chintamani is a Buddhist-Hindu mystical jewel...
Reviewed by Carole Pegg in issue: March/2011
Vida
Vida is Ana Tijoux’s first album in a decade. That does not mean the Chilean rapper was hiding from the...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2024
Rough Guide to Native America
Knowledge of – and exposure to – Native American music and culture is sadly lacking in the UK and Europe....
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Di Corsica Riposu; Requiem pour Deux Regards
Corsica In Repose; A Requiem of Two Visions is the album's title; looking both ways is the essence of what...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Relentless
Kyle Warren spent a decade working on this set of new tunes. Ten years on from his debut, Wanted, the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022
Connections
When they collaborated on the Bombay Dreams musical a few years ago, Andrew Lloyd Webber declared Rahman to be ‘the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Ravi Shankar: Sukanya
Ravi Shankar began writing his last major work when he was 90. An opera based on an ancient Sanskrit tale...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020
Kwenge
Kareyce Fotso is an African renaissance woman. A bio–chemistry graduate with a diploma in broadcasting and photography, the Cameroonian singer...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Apr/May/2011
Miniatures
Self-styled ‘musician explorer’ Axel Moon and old friend Niko Shin formed Ko Shin Moon in 2017 after the former had...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: November/2022
Santiago de Cuba: La Reina del ‘Son’
Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city on the gorgeous, beleaguered Caribbean island. The capital of the Santiago de...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2013
