Reviews
Manushan
Manushan is named after a legendary mountain in Iran near the Caspian Sea where, according to folklore, nomadic Gypsies from...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/2017
The Spirit of the Mountains
Trebunie-Tutki & Quintet Urmuli
The Trebunie-Tutki are Poland's best-known band playing traditional podhale (highland) music, but they are also famed for their reggae fusions...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2017
The Hard Working Men
Irish trad duo Ispíní na hÉireann have always taken a unique tack when it comes to self-promotion. The Dublin-based pair,...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2023
Guasá, Cununo y Marimba: Afro-Colombian Music from the Pacific Coast
Afro-Colombian music has long been overlooked – largely down to an institutional and classist bias that, it has to be...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2020
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Crossover
A mainstay of the Australian indigenous music scene over the last 20 years, singer Emma Donovan grew up in a...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2021
Love and Leave You
As the title suggests 100 Mile House's second album is all about relationships and loss. Love and Leave You is...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2020
En Paris – Live at FIP
Lila Downs, with her unique blend of original songs and reworked classics emphasising human-rights politics, is one of Mexico's great...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
Uzbekistan: Spiritual and Sufi Chant
A brilliant compilation of sacred Uzbek chants from the remote and religious area of Ferghana Valley, this album shows how...
Reviewed by Razia Sultanova in issue: October/2016
Ritual
Right in the middle of the rock-jazz-Latin Venn diagram there's a sweet spot reserved for Santana. Many have tried to...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022
Live in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, which looks as impressive as its name, is one of the closest things to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
