Reviews
Sans Souci
As a Kurdish musician, born in the south of Turkey, now resident in France, Ruşan Filiztek is celebrating the music...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2022
More Miles Than Money: the Soundtrack to Garth Cartwright's Book
Garth Cartwright is fast becoming one of the most intriguing and readable music writers in the UK, his upbringing in...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Tim O'Brien Band
Both traditionalists and progressively oriented bluegrass fans will cotton to Tim O'Brien's new album. Featuring a seasoned, stripped down, ready-to-kick-tail...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2019
Rough Guide to Salsa Divas
Asked to name 15 Latin divas, most people will stop at Celia Cruz. The album opens with a classic, and...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Listen
American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
Cosmic Disco
nemanja’s Cosmic Disco – from a world music perspective – isn’t what we’d expect from Croatia, specifically Istria, a historically...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Friends: The Black Ark Years
When Trojan Records became part of the giant Universal Music, reggae collectors might well have feared that the previous stream...
Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Transitional Times
Bai Konté, the grandfather of Dawda Jobarteh, was responsible for some of the classical kora repertoire still played today and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Socalled Sings Di Frosh and Other Yiddish Songs
Socalled with the Kaiser Quartett
Josh Dolgin, better known as Socalled, is a rap producer who shunned the traditional treasure troves of American funk and...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: December/2018
