Reviews
Acoustic
Along with Alpha Blondy and the late Lucky Dube, Ivory Coast’s Tiken Jah Fakoly is part of a righteous trinity...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2024
Neshan
The Ān Ensemble is a nine-piece classical Iranian group led by Sanaz Sattarzadeh, who plays tar. Most of the classic...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: September/2025
The Archive
Bob Dylan’s 1985 box set Biograph came with an interview in which Dylan said: “Some guys got it down –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2025
Out Here on the Perimeter (1989–1996)
By 1989, where the Out Here on the Perimeter boxset begins, Jamaican drummer Lincoln ‘Style’ Scott was a fully committed...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: May/2025
An 424
Imagine an amalgam of traditional Irish folk, post-rock, jazz and the disruptive spirit of Dada, stir provocatively with nine musicians...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2025
Esfahan
Faraz Entessari & Fabio Tricomi
This new album of Iranian classical music features Faraz Entessari on tar (long-necked lute), accompanied by Fabio Tricomi on various...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2013
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Patagonia (OST)
How do you get Carlos Gardél, Duffy and Bryn Terfel into the same box? By making an awful film about...
Reviewed by Chris Mos in issue: July/2011
Sun Gong/Bring on the Sun
Four decades ago, zitherist Edward Larry Gordon made his debut on a small US label. Then, renamed Laraaji, he collaborated...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: June/2018
Carnatic Connection
Bollywood Brass Band featuring Jyotsna Srikanth
The Bollywood Brass Band's latest album is yet another outstanding tour de force. With the help of Jyotsna Srikanth's Karnatic...
Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Hidden People
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Hidden People is a neat title for Kathryn Roberts and her husband Sean Lakeman’s debut album. Both were well-known before...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
