Reviews
Riva
Astrid Kuljanic Transatlantic Exploration Company
Not content with her training as a chemical engineer, Croatian Astrid Kuljanic decided after college to follow her first passion:...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2018
Gift
Although Eliza Carthy has sung with her mother all her life, and recorded and toured with her in Waterson: Carthy,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Get a Life
Warren G Harding is an odd name to choose for a band name. History regards that particular US president as...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Griot Classique
A decade younger than his cousin Toumani, the kora player Mamadou Diabaté is arguably the better-known of the two in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Ring Road
Mohamed Abozekry & Heejaz Extended
Based in France for over five years, the young Egyptian oud virtuoso Mohamed Abozekry recently presented his second album in...
Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: June/2015
The Rough Guide to Peru Rare Groove
Those who come to this cheerful, varied collection of rare, overlooked or forgotten gems from various vaults with expectations of...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2016
Santiman
This is that difficult second album, from the most internationally visible of the folklore troupes of the big Haitian community...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2013
Many Faces
The cover of this sophomore album by London-based trombonist Justin Thurgur sums up its questing, fizzing, all-for-one spirit. Here, inside...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/September/2022
