Reviews
Children of Albion
Artist Ben Edge released his absorbing large-format compendium of British folk customs last year, featuring vivid narrative artworks and first-person...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2025
Luna, cera e vino
This is a classy album of Italian electro-folk from a trio that formed back in Caserta, north of Naples, in...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2025
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Yalla Miku, the brainchild of Beirut-born Bongo Joe founder Cyril Yeterian, is a group which brings musicians from North and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2025
In Concert
Kartik Seshadri & Anindo Chatterjee
Kartik Seshadri is probably the best sitar player of his generation and is considered a leading exponent of this most...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2010
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
Greek Rhapsody: Instrumental Music from Greece, 1905-1956
Greek Rhapsody is an organic, if indirect, extension of a 2005 collaboration between British musician and archivist Tony Klein and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
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
Rare Bird Alert
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
For all the fanfare about Steve Martin's multi-tasking talents, the fact remains: he's a badass banjo player. Sure, there are...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2011
African Anthology: African Guitars
The task of selecting songs for compilation albums of the Lusafrica label is probably not too difficult, due to the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
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
