Reviews
Giant + Guitar
Wewantsounds continues its remarkable work in excavating long deleted Arabic albums of the 1970s and reissuing them on LP (and...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: January/February/2022
Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana
Now here’s an intriguing album. Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana is an impressive experimental guitarist and multi-instrumentalist from Italy who has built...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024
Oro
Grammy-nominated darlings Choc Quib Town are the real deal: a trio who preserve the heritage of such traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
Dur-Dur, Vol 5
It looks to me like this decade is seeing a huge growth in sales of retro world music albums, which...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: June/2013
Carolina Moonrise
With a Carolina twang that will curl your ears, singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale has teamed up again with former Grateful Dead...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2013
Maya: Bickram Ghosh’s Dedication to Ravi Shankar
One oft-cited example of the musicianship of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012, is that he was the...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2017
La Onda Vampi
Vampisoul really knows how to mash it up. The Spanish label, celebrating a decade this year, has to be one...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2012
Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan & Edgar Meyer
It's almost a decade since the adventurous classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma teamed up with bluegrass fiddle/banjo player Stuart Duncan, double...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
The Wedding Above in Glencree
Since deciding to become a musician after seeing Christy Moore perform on Irish TV and then cutting his teeth as...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2023
Mulher do Norte
There is hardly a greater challenge to any fadista than addressing the immaculate and unbeatable Amália Rodrigues’ repertoire. Amália cannot...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2016
