Reviews
Calm Abiding: Guided Meditations & Sacred Buddhist Prayers
Calm Abiding is a timely collaboration between the Tashi Lhunpo Monks and meditation expert Shan Tate. The first three tracks,...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: November/2019
Fanfare Latino Roots
If the French name of this largely Colombian brass banda seems odd, you should know they’re a group of more...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2015
Intercosmic
I sometimes recall a faintly surreal encounter outside the Bosnian city of Mostar, a few years after the war, in...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2022
Still Getting Away With It
Taking the time out from his duo with Irish harper Máire Ni Chathasaigh and their quartet with Arty McGlynn and...
Reviewed by Jon Mitchell in issue: March/2011
God Created Everything
There’s so much interesting music coming out of Ghana at the moment, from the explosive King Ayisoba and his disciples...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2022
Letters from Iraq
Rahim AlHaj learned to play the oud (lute) as a schoolboy in Iraq and went on to study under Munir...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: July/2017
The Playback Queen: the Very Best of Asha Bhosle
Aptly titled The Playback Queen, this compilation captures four decades of Asha Bhosle's extensive repertoire – up to the 1990s...
Reviewed by Kulbir Natt in issue: Apr/May/2010
Mista Savona Presents Havana Meets Kingston
It's ‘Chan Chan’ again, Jim, but not as we know it… This time the Cuban staple song gets a reggae...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2017
Celebrating Emperor Tewodros II
Anyone familiar with Francis Falceto's marvellous Éthiopiques series will have a good idea of what to expect from this album...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Beating Heart Tanzania (Originals)
This endearing collection of field recordings is sourced from English ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey's remarkable catalogue of South and Central African...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
