Reviews
Surya: Chants of Light
Vedic chanting – mantras sung in the original Sanskrit – is one of the most beautiful, stimulating, and transcendental musical...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2014
Richard Galliano Au Brésil
Forró is Brazil's wildest, wackiest and most wonderful rhythm. The musicologists trace its form to the Portuguese court and its...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014
Largo da Memória
With Largo da Memória (Coast of Memory), Ribeiro confirms himself as one of the most distinctive artists in the new...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: October/2014
Amber Sands
An Ireland-based, Austrian-born fiddle player and composer, Schwab's solo debut comes after globe-hopping collaborations with the likes of Austrian string...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2014
The Rough Guide to the Music of Palestine
Less than 20 years ago, a representative of the Palestinian National Authority in London warned me that “there wasn't much...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2014
Live at Lagny Jazz Festival
There aren’t many Cape Verdean diaspora artists with the audacity to segue between Cesaria Evora's ‘Sodade’ and the Sound of...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2014
Wicked Leaders
Ghanaian popular music is currently dominated by both religious music and the genre known as hiplife. King Ayisoba is well-known...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2014
Dernier Appel
The singer Tiken Jah Fakoly is next in line to Alpha Blondy on the somewhat specialised Ivory Coast reggae scene,...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2014
Quilombo
Osvaldo Hernandéz-Napoles is a Mexican singer-songwriter and percussionist who has been based in Brussels for the last 24 years. Quilombo...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2014
Isan Lam Plearn
Angkanang Kunchai with Ubon-Pattana Band
Thai popular music compilers Maft Sai and Chris Menist of Sound of Siam fame have now released a solo-artist compilation,...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: October/2014
