Reviews
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
Sharpener
The Hackney Colliery Band have achieved greater popularity than any other contemporary British brass band through regular performances and savvy...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Enregistré Live
Genticorum's four previous albums confirmed them as one of Quebec's most vibrant, energetic and exciting groups. They have developed a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013
Sonbonbela
Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band
According to a somewhat over-excited press release, the third album by Burkina Faso's Baba Commandant & the Mandingo Band is...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022
Sheema
A veteran of Transglobal Underground and Imagined Village, the British sitar player Mukherjee has released her first solo album in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Haiti Vodou: 1937-1962 Folk Trance Possession
Following Frémeaux's 2013 two-CD compilation Jamaica Folk Trance Possession, comes this set of mostly field recordings from Haiti. But where...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: June/2016
Moon Night
For prolific Chinese erhu virtuoso Guo Gan, the last few years have seen a number of new explorations, including collaborations...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2019
No Land
Olivier Mellano, Brendan Perry & Bagad’ Cesson
Brendan Perry's voice is a deep, sonorous instrument that carries all before it: a strong tidal river without a shore....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2018
Jazz Tango
A member of Astor Piazzolla's last quintet, Buenos Aires-born pianist Pablo Ziegler shared the innovator's liking for both classical and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
Not so much world music as otherworldly, the reissue of the album Brian Eno produced in 1980 for the American...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
