Not to be confused with World Music Network’s original Rough Guide to Cumbia, this is a completely new compilation of...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2013
The Rumi Ensemble was founded by Javid Afsari Rad [pictured], member of the renowned percussion ensemble Zarbang. It consists of...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
These wonderful discs make up two volumes of field recordings made in the Thar desert in Rajasthan, with both albums...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
This album, recorded in 2011 in Miami and first released at the end of May 2012, made number one in...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2013
The great British guitarist died in March this year, shortly after penning the warm, detailed liner notes that accompany this...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2015
A surprising collection of field recordings and re-arrangements of traditional pieces, Sounds of the East follows on from Beronja's Sounds...
Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: June/2017
Kayhan Kalhor & the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio
The collaboration between Iranian kamancheh spike-fiddle master Kayhan Kalhor and the Dutch baroque-jazz ensemble Rembrandt Frerichs Trio has been a...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Avital Raz is a bravely original singer-songwriter with an intriguing history. Born in Jerusalem where she sang classical music as...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2017
Sushma Soma with Aditya Prakash
Forest fires create an ashen, black landscape in the Amazon. Over in India, an elephant stumbles across a pineapple, begins...
Reviewed by James Scott Roriston in issue: July/2022
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