Reviews
Live at Ronnie Scott's
One of the most compelling aspects of Nitin Sawhney's work is its conceptual nature. More off en than not, his...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Out of Genre
Bach on the sitar? Not quite what you might be expecting from this album from Jonathan Mayer. But I was...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2011
Le Monde est Chaud
The Ivory Coast's Moussa Doumbia has been singing reggae under the name Tiken Jah Fakoly for more than 25 years....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Message on the Wind
Thursday Island is a small place – only 3.5 square kilometres in size – lying off the northern tip of...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2013
Step Forward Youth
“The marriage of reggae and punk rock,” said Dave Hendley, reggae connoisseur and photographer of many a great album cover,...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2019
Dedans le Sud de la Louisiane
Oh what a gem this package is, containing a 47-minute DVD of a documentary shot in rural Louisiana in the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Arcana: The Indo-Jazz Sessions
Arcana announces itself with ‘Kalavati’, a driving fusion track named after a Hindustani raga; the piece establishes the album as...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2018
Pata Pata
Since her death in 2008, we have been inundated with compilations drawn from Makeba's 50-year career. All of them have...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
One for the Road
Session A9 are made up of road veterans of Capercaillie, Peatbog Faeries, Boys of the Lough and Fiddlers’ Bid. You...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011
The Rough Guide to the Music of China
Although the liner notes trumpet the massive changes in China since the last Rough Guide CD was compiled ten years...
Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
