Reviews
Camino
Gustavo Santaolalla gets around. Whether on home visits to Argentina, European tours with Bajofondo or work trips around his adopted...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014
Aligned
Itzhak Ventura is a ney specialist, mastering the Persian, Arabic and Turkish variants of this end-blown reed flute. He also...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2022
Hard Ground
The Rachel Hamer Band met on the folk degree course at Newcastle University. They play with gusto and confidence and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2017
Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection
There are still many notable gaps in the history of the mysterious composer and bandleader Sun Ra. Born in Birmingham,...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2017
London is the Place for Me: The Music of Young Black London, 5 & 6
This double-CD release follows three engaging, high-quality compilations of Caribbean and African music in 50s Britain from the specialist label...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: July/2013
Sukotherapy
Maria Pomianowska is the leader of the revival of the suka, or knee-fiddle, in Poland. It’s played like the Cretan...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Sefardix
Oles Brothers & Jorgos Skolias
The concept behind this album is intriguing: the reimagining of Sephardic songs in a setting for drums and double bass;...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2015
Artisena
Joachim Mencel, a Polish pianist and composer, has created a cycle of eight jazz compositions inspired by traditional Polish folk...
Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: May/2019
The Kankobela of the Batonga Vol 1
Once fishermen and farmers on the rich alluvial banks of the Zambezi, the Batonga were driven at gun¬point from their...
Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: March/2010
Independence Ska and the Far East Sound
The Skatalites' brief original existence from 1963 to 1965 surely marks them out as one of the most influential bands...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017
