Reviews
Tiempos Buenos
Grupo Rebolú are the best AfroColombian ensemble working out of New York City, and arguably the best of their kind...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020
Tur Kur Mīti
Latvian post-folk group Iļg‘i have been around for over three decades, tracing their heritage back to the folk-oriented musicological researches...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2018
Music for the Hawaiian Islands Vol 2: Kahelelani Niihau
The second of a six-part CD series highlighting the music of the Hawaiian Islands, this release further expands the reputation...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2015
Long Time to Be Gone
Listening to ‘Jenny Put the Kettle On’, the opening track on Nora Brown’s third full-length album, Long Time to Be...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2022
Ndzi Teke Riendzo
Last year Honest Jon's released a well-received compilation titled Shangaan Electro. The album focused on a synthesized style of ancient...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2011
Yn Rio
Welsh-Brazilian samba might seem an unlikely musical match; even less so with the addition of the BBC National Orchestra of...
Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: January/February/2022
Brazil: Samba, Bossa and Beyond!
There is no shortage of Brazilian music compilations out there. So when you put a new one on the market,...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2020
Turquoise
Mohammed Reza Ebrahimi is a virtuoso of the oud and Persian tar, and an instructor at the Music Conservatory of...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/2021
Balkantron
Many casual listeners today tend to think any music from Eastern Europe is Balkan – which sees even Gogol Bordello...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
