Reviews
The Rough Guide to Barbecue Bob
Proving that rappers and hip-hop artists weren’t the first African-American musicians to adopt street names was Robert Hicks: he cooked,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Chico: The Definitive Collection 1970-1984
All electric-blue eyes and honeyed voice, even at 68 Chico Buarque remains the debonair renaissance man par excellence, a Brazilian...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2012
Bákini: En el Nuevo Mundo
Bákini is not just the name of this album, it is a project led by musicians and educators Michael Spiro...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2018
Raices en Viaje: Roots en Route
The Festival del Caribe in Santiago de Cuba in July often gives rise to unexpected en¬counters. 2009 saw a unique...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: October/2010
Vox.Infold
Ruby Singh is a Canadian musician, composer, filmmaker and sound designer fascinated with mythos, memory, identity and fantasy. He works...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: May/2022
Year of the Clown
The album's title is a whimsical comment on the political lunacy of the past year and there is certainly an...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2017
Skiver
These sessions – ‘eight musicians, seven days, one experimental folk album from scratch’ – feature a welcomely eclectic mix of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021
Echoes of Indus
While Pakistan has undoubtedly given the world some outstanding classical vocalists, Pakistani instrumentalists have, by and large, remained in obscurity...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2013
