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American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
A Gathering of Strangers 2021
Transglobal Underground & Our European Friends
A Gathering of Strangers first saw light in 2010 when it was released by a pan-EU collective headed by dubtronic...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2021
Dawgnilo!
Dawgnilo! brings together two mandolin maestros, Brazilian Brito and American Grisman. The latter emerged from the Greenwich Village scene as...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2024
Bákini: En el Nuevo Mundo
Bákini is not just the name of this album, it is a project led by musicians and educators Michael Spiro...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2018
Allt Vol II: Cuimhne
Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway & John Mc Intyre
This is the second outing for a supergroup connecting the pan-Gaelic traditions of Hebridean Scotland and Ireland. It unites Julie...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2025
L’immortel – The 60's Rumba Revolution in Congo
Despite being one of the most instrumental musicians in the rumba revolution that took place across the two Congos during...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2023
Palaver
Ebo Taylor | Ebo Taylor Jnr with Wuta Wazutu
One of the most satisfying rediscoveries of the crate-digging phenomenon of recent years has been Ebo Taylor, the veteran Ghanaian...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019
Parasol Peak
Since popularising the hang drum – a melodic percussion instrument, and cousin to the steel pan – at the turn...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018
Rearrange My Heart
Little wonder that the celebrated American roots banjo player Béla Fleck was so taken with this pan-American quartet that he...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020
