Reviews
Tim O'Brien Band
Both traditionalists and progressively oriented bluegrass fans will cotton to Tim O'Brien's new album. Featuring a seasoned, stripped down, ready-to-kick-tail...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2019
Rough Guide to Salsa Divas
Asked to name 15 Latin divas, most people will stop at Celia Cruz. The album opens with a classic, and...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Listen
American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
Cosmic Disco
nemanja’s Cosmic Disco – from a world music perspective – isn’t what we’d expect from Croatia, specifically Istria, a historically...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Friends: The Black Ark Years
When Trojan Records became part of the giant Universal Music, reggae collectors might well have feared that the previous stream...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Transitional Times
Bai Konté, the grandfather of Dawda Jobarteh, was responsible for some of the classical kora repertoire still played today and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Socalled Sings Di Frosh and Other Yiddish Songs
Socalled with the Kaiser Quartett
Josh Dolgin, better known as Socalled, is a rap producer who shunned the traditional treasure troves of American funk and...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: December/2018
The Rough Guide to Americana
Compiled by rock writer and musician Sylvie Simmons, this second edition of TheRough Guide to Americana is a pleasing hodgepodge...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2016
