Reviews
Cabinet of Curiosities
As amiable and unpretentious as they are hugely talented and entertaining, The Hut People are accordionist Sam Pirt and percussionist...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Kigali Y’Izahabu
The most exciting thing about Kigali Y'Izahabu is that it is potentially going to reach an audience who might not...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Grippy Grappa
The trio Monsieur Doumani formed a couple of years ago in Cyprus with Angelos lonas on guitar and vocals, Demetris...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2013
Santiago de Cuba: La Reina del ‘Son’
Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city on the gorgeous, beleaguered Caribbean island. The capital of the Santiago de...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2013
Obi Agye Me Dofo
From the golden age of Ghanaian highlife, this rare album from 1977 is a bit of a gem. Hailing from...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
Rearrange My Heart
Little wonder that the celebrated American roots banjo player Béla Fleck was so taken with this pan-American quartet that he...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020
The Rough Guide to Zakir Hussain
The tabla is India's best-known drum yet, traditionally, it was always ranked way down the pecking order of instruments, only...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2018
Rios de Norte y Sur
Radio Jarocho & Zenen Zeferino
Rios de Norte y Sur (Rivers from North and South) is the second album from New York City's Radio Jarocho...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2018
We’re OK. But We’re Lost Anyway
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp
Is this title an exercise in assured bravado and chutzpah for this Geneva-based band’s fifth album, or is it a...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Vieilles Caniques et Nouvelles Caniques
Stanley Brinks & the Old-Time Kaniks
Indie-folk is often terrible: a ham-fisted, middle-of-the-road mush of xylophones and ukuleles that is unashamedly twee and contrivedly cute. Thankfully,...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2017
