Reviews
Music from the Source
As they celebrate 25 years, this double CD is clear proof that Riverboat Records is Britain’s most prolific and wide-ranging...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Ginga: The Sound of Brazilian Football
Ginga is a kind of football-specific Brazilian equivalent of ‘mojo,’ which the national team seem to have lost during the...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys
The idea was both unexpected and charming: plunder the rich store of mariners’ melodies, real and mock shanties and pirates’...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2013
Malkradessa
The Bissau Guinean singer Venilio Evangelista Pan was born in Portugal and lives in London. This, his debut album, is...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The Rough Guide to Sufi Music
Six years ago, I attended the grandly titled World Performing Arts Festival in the Pakistani city of Lahore, and was...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Dog With A Rope
Quantic Presenta: Flowering Inferno
He might be plain old Will Holland to the authorities, but the man known as Quantic has burned his stage...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Con-Fusion
This steel pan drummer from Trinidad was one of the founding members of cult the outfits 20th Century Steel Band...
Reviewed by John M Gomez in issue: June/2013
A Moving Sound
Founded by Taiwanese singer Mia Hsieh and American musician Scott Prairie, A Moving Sound draw on a rich history, offering...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012
Owerset
Surrounded by the bowed drones of Bridget Marsden's fiddle, Leif Ottosson's accordion and Morten Kvam's double bass, Sarah-Jane Summers' fiddle...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2019
