Reviews
The Rough Guide to Arabic Revolution
This album ranges widely over a number of countries and musical styles, clearly attempting to render music that has a...
Reviewed by Paul Hughes-Smith in issue: June/2013
Revelation
One of the less comfortable truths for fans of Middle Eastern music in the West is that most CDs released...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2015
Mansana Blues
British blues guitarist Ramon Goose and Senegalese kora (harp-lute) player Diabel Cissokho have teamed up here on a kora-blues album...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: July/2010
Beginner’s Guide to Bossa Nova
In a compilation market saturated to cholesterol strength, Nascente are usually a healthy alternative, compiled by people who know their...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2012
Cantigas do Camiño
The year 2010, when the Feast of St James falls on a Sunday, is a special one for Santiago de...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
In Flanders Fields
From the long-established English vocal harmony trio comes an homage to the music and song of World War I, one...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2014
Conflict Tourism
The British duo's fourth album has a strong thread of stories, settings and characters. It's a folk-pop concept album with...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2015
Sunshine Day: The Boyhood Sessions
Richard Linklater spent 12 years making the 2014 movie Boyhood, a remarkable and sprawling investigation of the human condition refracted...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020
Caraguatá: Guitar Works from Uruguay
Away from Montevideo and the coastal resorts, Uruguay is a peaceful, pastoral country where rhythms and rituals have changed very...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2014
Homage to Wayan Lotring
This double CD features the only surviving clear recordings of one of the most important Balinese musicians of modern times,...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: May/2020
