Reviews
The Escapist
On previous releases, Minneapolis-based guitarist David Harland explored singer-songwriter territory alongside instrumentals but this is an entire album of solo...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/2025
The Best of the SABC Years
Starting her career in the 1950s, Irene Mawela wrote songs for the Dark City Sisters and the Mahotella Queens, was...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2019
The World of Traditional Music
Alongside Nonesuch's Explorer series, Ocora is perhaps the most important mother lode of authentic 20th-century field recordings of world music....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018
The Rough Guide to the Blues Songsters
The African-American songster tradition was for many years regarded as a poor relation of the Delta blues: its repertoire of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
The Long Road and the Far Horizons
It's safe to say fiddler Gavin Marwick is spoiling us. His latest release is a double-CD of 27 tracks, comprising...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2014
Nha Sentimento
If this was the first ever Cesaria Evora album I’d give it four or five stars. Even after a stroke...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
The Rough Guide to Flamenco Guitar
Since its genesis in the 18th century, the flamenco guitar has changed little. Its use, however, has shifted from being...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Bali 1928 – Anthology: The First Recordings
If I told you this disc was recorded yesterday, you’d think it was the most cutting-edge thing you’d heard all...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: May/2016
The Rough Guide to Samba
In this latest incarnation of The Rough Guide to Samba, compiler John Armstrong works from a generous definition of Brazil's...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2013
