Reviews
What Heat
I did a double-take upon hearing that the world-fusion group Bokanté was planning a project with the Metropole Orkest. Already...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018
East Pakistan Sky
Following releases on Glitterbeat Records in 2019 and 2020, here is another outstanding recording from the Pakistani master surti singer...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: January/February/2022
Tibetan Buddhist Religious Music from the Kagyu School
Phursung Kelak's life was characterised by disruption and change. Aged 13, he joined a monastery in his native Tibet. Eight...
Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: June/2020
Sky Blue Love
Anyone interested in 70 minutes of rather clinical, polite dub reggae? OK, that's a little unfair, but there's something about...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2016
Live in Lesotho
In December 1980 the African businessman Victor Maloi arranged a concert for Masekela and Miriam Makeba in Lesotho, a country...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
Esquina de São Paulo
Latin Grammy-nominated classical guitarist João Luiz and composer and mandolin player Danilo Brito have shared a friendship for nearly 20...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: May/2022
The Moon has Risen: Zanzibara Vol 6
If you get a chance to see the Mtendeni Maulid Ensemble, don't miss it. They are a group of young...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2012
Hankyō
Better known for his playing of the Irish flute and whistle in America, Hanz Araki is in fact also a...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: June/2021
Schimpelsberger Circle of Sound
Soumik Datta is Britain's most exciting sarod player, both in Indian classical and new experimental music. This disc, with Austrian-born...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2012
