Reviews
The Rough Guide to Bollywood
This compilation could just as easily be called The Genius of Rahul Dev Burman. No fewer than nine of the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2011
Psychedelic Pernambuco
Like a balding prog-rock lover at a record fair, European labels and DJs continue to trawl Brazil's 1970s back catalogue...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2011
The Art of Improvisation
One of the essential resources for Indian classical music is The Raga Guide, published in 1999 by Nimbus Records. It...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2011
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Nostalgique Armenie: Songs of Love, Hope, Exile and Improvisations (1942-1952)
This is a homage to the music of the Armenian diaspora. The liner notes state that the Caucasus is the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2018
The Auld Harp
Catriona McKay & Olov Johansson
The Swedish nyckelharpa (key harp) is an extraordinary instrument. Played with a bow to produce a sound with many of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Spanglish
Not to be confused with the rockabilly outfit from Antwerp, this particular raucous colony of Baboons has been a fixture...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016
Kôrôlén
Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra
Anyone who saw one of the symphonic concerts Toumani Diabate gave with three different orchestras in 2008 will have been...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021
Lost
For this new recording with her partner Graham Fitkin, Scottish harpist Ruth Wall employs both Gaelic wire-strung harp and concert...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016
Richard Galliano Au Brésil
Forró is Brazil's wildest, wackiest and most wonderful rhythm. The musicologists trace its form to the Portuguese court and its...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014
