Heshmatollah Rajabzadeh, Nezam Rajabzadeh, The Aftab Group
Recordings of Iranian regional music released outside Iran have become rather sparse in recent years, so this new album by...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: October/2010
One wonders whether in a past life Simon Thacker was a Bengali itinerant Baul mystic musician, or perhaps a South...
Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: March/2019
This is a sophisticated, thrilling, inventive disc recorded in Pigalle in Paris and reflecting the diverse musical instruments of the...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2014
You could say that bottleneck, or slide, guitar embodies the dichotomy at the heart of the blues. On the one...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2016
London now comes just after Bordeaux in terms of numbers of its urban French population, so it's perhaps no great...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2017
A choro supergroup of sorts, the three members of Aquarela have worked with the likes of Gilberto Gil, Airto Moreira...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2015
Galbán’s pedigree as Cuba’s finest electric guitarist ran from his 1960s work with Los Zafiros to his late flowering on...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
About 20 years ago soukous finally wore out its welcome, while West African funk has been around even longer and...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: June/2012
What with the London-based 16-piece Balimaya Project and a host of other new collectives finding strength in numbers, a happy...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2021
Wooden flute and clarinet both have quite a history in Swedish music but have rarely, if ever, been heard together...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
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