Reviews
Anywhere On This Road
The series we’d hoped would run forever is over. Charlie Gillett's annual double-disc survey of his favourite sounds from the...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010
Hive
Gamelan Madu Sari have been operating out of Vancouver for nearly a quarter of a century, ever since a Javanese...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Where’s the One?
Kinshasa’s Congotronic axis meet chosen international artists and create an epic, euphoric mash-up celebrating the tenth anniversary of a historic...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: June/2022
The Rough Guide to Paris Café
Oh dear, here we go again. Cue the Citroën DS archive shots and the old tourist board copy. More ethno-musicological...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
In Full Flight
Having taken a five– year gap between his first two albums and forced us to endure a three–year wait, no...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Apr/May/2010
Rainy Season Blues
The last session the Malian guitarist Lobi Traoré recorded before his death in June this year at the age of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
The Rough Guide to Gypsy Revival
World Music Network handle all the Rough Guide compilations and in recent years have done a series of Gypsy-themed CDs....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
United States of Africa
For over 15 years, Luciano (aka Jepther McClymont) has been the most consistent roots singer in Jamaica, releasing a steady...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
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
Outsinging the Nightingale: Lost Treasures of Bulgarian Music 1905-1950
As you might imagine, this is a treasure-chest of unknown gems from pioneering companies such as Gramophone, Pathé, Odeon and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2011
