Reviews
Calles del Olvido
Alejandro Valdés grew up in the province of Camagüey in central Cuba, playing percussion and bass before picking up guitar...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2021
Along the Silk Road: Ancient and Modern Music for the Kugo
Ancient and modern music for the what? Listening blind to this instrument, you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for the...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: July/2010
Tawassol
Gabacho Maroc are a Moroccan-French fusion band who merge Moroccan Gnawa styles with funk-jazz. The ensemble consists of Hamid Moumen...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2018
Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds
Conjunto is the music of working class Mexican Americans across the south-west. Los Texmaniacs are four Texan veterans who have...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Latin DNA
It's hard to dislike Dorancé Lorza & Sexteto Café as this is passionate and earnest music with a true love...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil
Taking a liberal approach to what defines psychedelic music, this latest offering from Rough Guides takes slightly ‘out there’ tracks...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013
SUBHA
Sitar player Roopa Panesar is certainly one of the most important musicians to have emerged in the British Asian diaspora...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2022
An Introduction to Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl was hugely important in the folk revival of the mid-20th century. He worked first in radical theatre, acting...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2018
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Kathryn Locke with Chodompa Music
The self-styled ‘wayward cellist’ returns from seven years of silence with a musical collective that draws on Indian and Tibetan...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Brother Sister
Considering their shared history – basically growing up playing together with Chris Thile in the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2020
