Reviews
The Music of the Gypsy Lăutari of Bucharest
The Inédit label comes out of the Maison des Cultures du Monde in Paris and showcases high-quality traditional music. No...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2021
Projection One
The term ‘rock’ was so out of favour at the time of the 1980s world music boom, it's taken until...
Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Apr/May/2012
Viene de Mi
If you thought Argentinian music was all just about tango, then how very wrong you were. Cumbia, Latin America's dance...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Days Like Now
This is a super cool album from the Welsh producer and bassist Huw Marc Bennett. Having been widely praised for...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2023
Rumba Africa
Emerging from the Congo, and flourishing even during that painful era when the country was renamed Zaire, African rumba became...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2026
Moreland’s Ball
Melbourne ensemble The Woohoo Revue are one of those groups that’s impossible to categorise. Most would call them a ‘Gypsy’...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012
Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane
If you thought the comeback of Orchestra Baobab was heart– warming, the debut solo album of Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane will...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012
Where You Wish You Were
Bill Laurance & Michael League
Michael League and Bill Laurance are leading figures of the massively popular collective Snarky Puppy, who snag everything from jazz,...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: April/2023
Cyprus Well
Cyprus Well is a terrace of small houses in Launceston, a town just west of the Tamar, the river between...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013
Rough Guide to African Lullabies
Judging by our own experiences, this is a winner. Our son was asleep before the third track had finished and...
Reviewed by Jill Turner in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
