Reviews
Áshira
Gamelan Salukat x Jan Kadereit
There’s something transcendental about this time-bending collaboration between Copenhagen-based composer Jan Kadereit and Balinese gamelan orchestra Salukat. For those unfamiliar...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2025
Oli kerran ryytimaassa…
Pekko Käppi has helped revive the jouhikko, an ancient Finnish bowed lyre, by producing over 10 albums featuring the instrument...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: January/2026
Goaskinviellja – Eagle Brother
Over 30 years on from its 1993 release, the eagle soars again in this welcome reissue. Boine had already captivated...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2026
Taracá
A significant record, not least because there are so few Uruguayan artists on the world stage, let alone ones releasing...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: May/2026
Soweto
This is an album of ‘township sounds from the golden era of mbaqanga’ –a reminder of the rousing dance music...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Apr/May/2010
Pangea
Pangea is the hypothetical super¬continent, a land mass without borders, whose break-up gave us the continents we know today. Chet...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: March/2012
Rough Guide to Native America
Knowledge of – and exposure to – Native American music and culture is sadly lacking in the UK and Europe....
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
L’Oeil Du Coeur
This is not your everyday easy listening album. For those without a strong grasp of Arabic and/or French, either a...
Reviewed by Gus Isherwood in issue: October/2013
Dr Dee
It's the reign of Elizabeth I and Dr John Dee, having survived imprisonment by bloody Mary, is now court astrologer,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012
Ninguém Vai Me Segurar
Cut down by terminal illness in the prime of her life, Brazilian singer-singwriter Ana Mazzotti – like her contemporary Rosinha...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: November/2019
