Reviews
Synthesizing the Silk Roads
The title and subheading (Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock and Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia) say...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: November/2024
Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
This record comes in the wake of a historic tour in which the Tibetan monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery...
Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: April/2019
The King of History
Daniel Misiani came to the attention of non-Kenyans in the late 80s with two albums released in the UK that...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2010
Mouse
The Schmoozenbergs may sound like a novelty band, but they are a quartet of classy musicians who clearly like to...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2024
Long Shot/Battle of the Giants
The Pioneers were a Jamaican vocal trio who formed in the early 1960s, shifting line-ups and achieving little success until...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2018
Running Away With the Circus
The Trans-Siberian March Band's line-up is the expected Balkan spread of clarinets, trumpets, trombones, and alto saxophone, but with a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2017
The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia
Few countries’ musical heritage has been pilfered so thoroughly as has Ethiopia’s in recent years. Rarely a month goes by...
Reviewed by John Howarth in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Havana Cultura – The Search Continues
We've been here before, sort of. Three years ago BBC DJ Gilles Peterson enlisted the help of his musician mate...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
Wielding only the bare necessities – banjo, fiddle and bones – Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, founding members (along with...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2025
Moving in the Dark
This ambitious album from British rapper Dizraeli and his bandmates, the Small Gods, resounds with heartfelt honesty, dry wit and...
Reviewed by Lilly Pollard in issue: June/2013
