Reviews
Al Qantara: The Bridge
Southern Morocco has become a hot-house of cultural fusion, partly due to the number of foreign musicians playing and working...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2014
From There to Here
It’s high time Omar Puente received his due. The Yorkshire–based Cuban violin virtuoso and jazzer has been just outside the...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Shell Story
Described as a ‘sister companion release’ to last year's The Devil Makes Three, four of the seven tracks on this...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2015
Persiennes d’Iran
I’m often frustrated by the many talented female Iranian musicians, particularly instrumentalists, who don’t get the exposure and recognition they...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: January/2021
Ambuya!
Piranha Records have delved into their archives, looked in the ‘1987’ box and recovered the record that started it all...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021
Cameroon Garage Funk
This is another fine compilation from Analog Africa, amassing 16 tracks recorded in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé during the 1970s. All...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2021
Tres Luceros
Kevin Seddiki & Sandra Rumolino
Tango is the elephant in the room of this debut duo record – always present in spirit but rarely fully...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2016
Some Other Land
Perhaps best known for his work as fiddler for The Treacherous Orchestra, Session A9 and Peatbog Faeries, Adam Sutherland is...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2018
La Barra de Chocolate
If the last three decades have seen world music celebrate diversity and ethnicity, there was a period around the late...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2012
Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968
The honorific Dagar is synonym¬ous with dhrupad, one of the world’s oldest classical vocal genres. Zia Mohiuddin, who died in...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
