Reviews
The Soul of Jamaica
There is a danger that reggae has become too widespread. It's rhythm and aesthetics have been co-opted into too many...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017
Ragas from Lahore
The musical pilgrimage route from West to East may be well-trodden, but it does not typically run through Woking. Little...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2021
The Hindustani Jazz Sextet Live at the UCLA
This live record is a charming time capsule, taking us back to the swinging 60s and the first fumblings of...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: August/September/2022
Confluence #2: Le Chant des Sources
Usually made of hard wood, the kaval is an end-blown pastoral flute found in Turkey, Armenia, Greece, Albania, North Macedonia,...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: April/2022
Mundum Renovavit
The Dutch word windstreken can be translated as ‘points of the wind’ and ‘corners of the world’. The ensemble consists...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Everything Sacred
Fifty years ago the Incredible String Band emerged from the Scottish folk scene to create an extraordinary fusion of folk,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016
Actitud Calle
With a Banksy-style graphic on the cover, a photo from the commemorative marchofthe 40th anniversary of the 1968 student massacre...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Sketches
Natalie MacMaster is Canadian fiddle royalty, with a bulging cabinet of awards and an address book of artists (from Béla...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Turn up the Quiet
Is it possible ever to tire of the Beatles back-catalogue? Unless you are a Brazilian (in whose country they are...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2013
The Sound of the Soul
Debashish Bhattacharya is one of the world's great musical innovators. He's a composer and virtuoso guitarist, who transformed the Indian...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2023
