Many of Iran’s regional folk music traditions are still relatively unknown to world music audiences in Europe and North America....
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2010
It’s now 16 years since Fela Kuti died and his legendary status continues to grow. The problem with legends, though,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
What we have here are two collections of old and familiar song forms. But they are reconstituted with observant, contemporary...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2016
In the English speaking world Vesna Pisarović might not be an household name, but in the post-Yugoslavian pop music scene...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: February/March/2026
Ten tracks into Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness’ (BCUC) Millions of Us, there's a message from Jovi Nkosi to producer Sam...
Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: July/2023
The Gift Band | Various Artists
There's not been, to my knowledge, a live album from Norma Waterson. So give a warm hand, please, for this...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012
All the tracks of this album – Amparanoia's ninth – feature a big-name guest from the Hispanic music world, including...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018
For two decades, and across five albums, La Caravane Passe (The Caravan Passes) has delivered a music steeped in Balkan...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020
The 11-strong Lengaïa are a salsa juggernaut, a heavyweight Latin orchestra whose distinctive vocals and signature horn heft – three...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2021
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