Reviews
Horizon Unlimited
There’s no question that the world needed this beloved 1979 album by Nigeria’s twin Lijadu Sisters back in the spotlight....
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: November/2024
Africa: 50 Years Of Music
If you wanted a comprehensive survey of African music, you could, I suppose, buy all the individual Rough Guides CDs...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Diyarbekiri Hokin: Armenian Songs from Dikranagerd
There have been a number of interesting releases to mark the centenary of the Armenian genocide in 2015. There was...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2016
Kin
Four years after the startling experiment in looping and overdubbing of his solo debut, The Tin Fiddle, Donegal fiddler Damien...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2021
Canibalismo
Peruvian cumbia (or chicha) is the rock‘n’roll of Latin music. More about feeling and attitude than other regional styles, it...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Desert Equations: Azax Attra
Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz
Back in 1986, Iranian singer Sussan Deyhim was in New York, working with electronics and sampling multi-instrumentalist Richard Horowitz. They...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: January/February/2022
The Groove Maker
Gurdain Rayatt, a disciple of Shankar Ghosh, recorded his solo tabla recital from the Darbar Festival live at Kings Place...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Saudade
Saudade is the debut album from Brazilian classical guitarist Plínio Fernandes. A love letter to the songs Fernandes grew up...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: November/2022
