Reviews
YO:song
The much-missed group SsingSsing was the vehicle that brought Lee Heemoon to international fame, a genre-blending, gender-bending kaleidoscopic take on...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: September/2025
Sølvstrøk
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
Sølvstrøk – the title alone drips with poetry and mystery. It translates as ‘Silverstroke,’ but hang on to that Norwegian...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2023
If Paradise
The GUO must be one of the more ambitious and fluid big-bands in existence. Led by trombonist Tony Haynes, it...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012
Supernatural Love
Colombia's African musical traditions are often overlooked both at home and internationally. The electro-cumbia pioneers Sidestepper – a fluid outfit...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016
Fire & Fortune
There's a strong tradition of classically trained musicians and composers who have been absorbed by and into the folk tradition...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Living in the Light
Tommy Emmanuel wrote ‘Scarlett’s World’, the first single from Living in the Light, the Australian guitar wizard’s latest full-length album,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026
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
Reele Bumbou
This latest release from Burkinabé musician Kaito Winse is a short collection of traditional stories sung and performed on various...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2025
Sabîl
Ahmad Al Khatib & Youssef Hbeisch
Time was when Palestinian musicians only got an airing if they snuck in on the dull-but-politically-worthy ticket. How things have...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2012
