Reviews
Water Music
In contrast to the two previous albums by the Thai Elephant Orchestra, which featured human collaborators, this one, the last...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2011
Ground of its Own
I hesitate to begin a review with the CD cover and the sleeve notes but two details here are key...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Red Diesel
It's been a long five years since the trio of singer Lucy Wright, fiddler Tom Kitching and one-man-band Edwin Beasant...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2016
Wganda Kenya
Wganda Kenya were a studio group of Colombian musicians created to offer a homegrown alternative to the increasingly-popular African and...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2022
Samba Carioca
Vinicius Cantuaria has been producing finely crafted, softly sung, smoky bossa nova records since he left Brazil for New York...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2010
Inner Fire
A beefy baritone sax hails the return of the little big band from Ottowa. Whatever they've done to that 8-track...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Sound the People
Brooklyn-based Red Baraat are an international, bhangra-infused version of the brass bands that accompany Indian weddings and festivals. Their latest...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2018
The Rough Guide to the Roots of Country Music
In the 1920s and early 30s the term ‘country music’ had yet to be invented, so any description applied to...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2019
The Kite
The Paris-based Chinese erhu (two-string fiddle) virtuoso Guo Gan has undergone a prolific period lately, releasing albums of his own...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2015
