Reviews
Freedom Cry:Condemned Choirs
More than 550 men and women sit on death row in Uganda's prisons, condemned for crimes that include not only...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Maya: Bickram Ghosh’s Dedication to Ravi Shankar
One oft-cited example of the musicianship of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012, is that he was the...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2017
Halak Halak
Snaking synth lines and exotic chord sequences collide with vigorous bass-laden beats and housey bedrock foundations, as East meets West...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: October/2020
Mbalimaou
The first album in four years from this much-loved Malian singer and guitarist finds him on fairly familiar ground, but...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2015
Making Tracks 2022 (Live)
When eight talented and open-minded young musicians from across the world come together to experience each other’s music and discover...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/2025
Toumaro
If it wasn’t for Salif Keita, Kassé Mady Diabaté would surely have been recognised as the finest male vocalist in...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2025
Best of Baluji Shrivastav
The British-Indian composer Baluji Shrivastav is an outsider where Indian music is concerned. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays sitar as well...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2017
Tambutronic
Meaning ‘stories and drums’ in Papiamento, the native language of the Dutch Caribbean, the five- piece Kuenta i Tambú were...
Reviewed by Andy Thomas in issue: June/2014
The Rough Guide to the Music of India
It must be a thankless task being asked to compile one CD that sums up the whole of a musical...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Live at the Bimhuis
Arifa are a band that are hard to define – four musicians from Turkey, Romania, Greece and Germany, resident in...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2015
