Reviews
Around the Crocodile Pond
Ba Balance are Danish blues-rock guitarist Preben Carlsen and West African percussionist Sal Dibba, and the title of this hard-rocking...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2021
Cuckoo Storm
Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley
Marry Waterson has delivered an eclectic array of duet recordings over the past decade or so, from 2011’s The Days...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2024
Um Violão na Madrugada + Apresentando Baden Powell e seu Violão
This Baden Powell is not to be mistaken with the British founder of the Boy Scouts Association who went by...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Song Hành
This is the first collaboration between the Vietnamese singer and instrumentalist Ngo Hong Quang and the Dutch composer and arranger...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: June/2012
Dunrobin Place
It's hard not to sound like a broken record when talking about the albums of today's technically gifted, highly adept...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: March/2013
The High Note Mento Collection
Mento was the first Jamaican popular music, a mix of calypso and local rhythms that won popularity across the island...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2021
Rio de Janeiro
If too much sun leads to a prematurely furrowed brow, no-one's told Joyce: it's difficult to think of another sexagenarian...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2012
Ragas de Jaipur
Although recognised in India as one of the finest sitar and surbahar (bass sitar) players, Rajeev Janardan may not be...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2011
Oficina Itinerante
Jean-Luc Thomas is a Breton flute player who describes himself as ‘musician and traveller’; previous collaborations have brought him together...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: May/2020
