Reviews
Live in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, which looks as impressive as its name, is one of the closest things to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Tales From Across the Water
Griselda Sanderson | Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha
Multi-instrumentalist Griselda Sanderson's third instrumental album, following 2008's Harpaphonics, and 2015's Radial, offers a musical hand of friendship and connection...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2023
Si L’Hiver Peut Prendre
Lawrence O’Hearn André Marchand
The French title of this recording – ‘if only winter would take hold’ – has an idiomatic meaning in Québec....
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
The Rough Guide to the Best World Music You’ve Never Heard
Much has been written about ‘world music’ as a genre – going back to David Byrne's 1999 New York Times...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2016
Lolo
There is no way you are going to be able to sit still when listening to Swedish producer Jan Bogdan...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Alma Latina
While not exactly a high-profile name in European world music circles, guitarist Julio Montoro has a fair old pedigree –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2015
Sonido Lava
Adding a Berlin sheen to Latin America's electric rhythms, DJ-producer Daniel Haaksman returns with his fourth full-length release, Sonido Lava....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: June/2023
Dotze Temps
Lluís Gómez’ story is an improbable one. A voracious Spanish musical student from a young age, he quickly learned to...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: September/2024
El Pela Vacas
Known as ‘El Rey del Corrido’ (King of Corridos), Sánchez worked as a ‘coyote’, smuggling drugs and undocumented immigrants into...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
