Reviews
Game, Set and Nach
Achanak are legendary on the UK bhangra scene, and while their ventures into the world music festival circuit have made...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Khmer Rouge Survivors: They Will Kill You, If You Cry
This third release in Glitterbeat's Hidden Musics series, produced by Ian Brennan, features some remarkable Cambodian musicians who survived the...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: October/2016
Arka’k Su
Here’s another beautiful produc¬tion from the Caprice label and the Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research. Kurash Sultan...
Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Stockholm-Dakar
To get the back¬story out of the way first: Sousou and Maher Cissoko grew up on two different continents –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012
Tigres En Fuga
The recent surge in popularity for Peruvian cumbia (aka chicha), has seen the style adopted by bands from around the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2014
Returning Minimalism: New Works for Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar
A bird sings and insects hum in the background. A metallophone begins playing a rapid three-beat pattern. Another, played with...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: June/2012
Afro-Latin: Via Kinshasa
The hard part about putting together a killer compilation of music is not selecting the tracks, it's getting the licensing...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2011
Aado
According to the old Lovin’ Spoonful song, there’s 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville – a number that is surely dwarfed...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2021
ERA
Evidently believing he might not already have enough on his plate with a new album from Mànran only just out,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017
Junun
Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express
‘I’m always a little wary of rock bands dabbling in world music,’ admitted Radiohead's guitarist Jonny Greenwood when talking about...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
