Reviews
Abri Cyclonique
For the last five decades, Polobi, from Guadeloupe has been drumming and singing gwo ka music in the Caribbean island's...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023
Afro-Colombian Sound Modernizers
South and Central America are dotted with communities made up of the descendants of African slaves who escaped their oppressors....
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Nine Decades Vol IV: A Night at St John the Divine
Ravi Shankar's widow Sukanya testifies in the liner notes to the particular ‘magical, transcendent experience’ of her husband performing in...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Accordion Samurai
Perhaps in response to endless gags about their instrument being anti-social — ‘a gentleman is a man who can play...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Musica Fina
A six-piece UK- based fusion band, Fernando’s Kitchen grew out of a meeting on London’s South Bank between two buskers:...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2014
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Merčedes Kolo
The Finnish harmonica band Sväng have made a series of photographs on different modes of transport – motorbike sidecar, railway...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2019
On & Between: New Music for Pipa & Western Ensembles
This suite of pieces by New York-based pianist and composer Zhen Chen is a musical tribute to Chinese immigrants to...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Not One but Another
Andy Kirkham is a British, Norfolk-based folk guitar player and songwriter. His fifth solo album is a reflective affair, consisting...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2015
