After meeting at a festival in Mumbai in 2013, the British guitarist Michael Messer and Manish Pingle, who plays the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
Soldiering on, decades after the demise of role models Carte de Sejour (Rachid Taha's old band), Zen Zila is perhaps...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Issa Juma & the Super Wanyika Stars
This is another in a series of authoritative collections of golden-age rumba issued by Sterns. Whilst their recent anthologies have...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2010
This is Jocelyn Pook's score for Akram Khan's dance piece Desh (Homeland) – an investigation into his Bangladeshi ancestry, premiered...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2013
This double-CD set is one of the most recent releases of the ever-impeccable Ocora Radio France label. Continuing the French...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2016
This splendid set from fiddler Peter Knight, with guitarist Roger Flack and percussionist Sacha Trochet, oozes confidence from the start,...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
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