Reviews
Hungarian World Music: 70s-80s
For anyone interested in Hungarian music, this is a very useful overview of the last 40 years, since the beginning...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2011
Jamaica is the Place to Go
This two-CD set follows 2013's Mento, Not Calypso! by further exploring the 1950s mento scene. Often overshadowed by Trinidad's golden...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: October/2015
Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara
The rich river of talent flowing from beneath the sands of West Africa has rather hijacked our perception of music...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2014
The Rough Guide to Arabic Jazz
Some shocking musical crimes have been committed in the name of Arabic jazz: the number of unremarkable CDs of unbridled...
Reviewed by Bill Brdley in issue: October/2014
Cavaquinho Cantado
The cavaquinho is an ancestor of the ukulele and has a long-standing tradition in Portuguese music, particularly in the northern...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
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
Golden Shore
Scottish duo The Daughters found the lockdown gave them the time to write, and an opportunity to take stock of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2022
Lucky Hand
Dawson is a virtuoso guitarist who has quietly put out albums of strong, bluesy playing via various projects over the...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: July/2018
Black Sea Fire
Several things about this record will make the curious listener well disposed to it from the off. Firstly, despite its...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: June/2010
