Reviews
Niafunke
Twenty years ago Ali Farka Touré made an album called Niafunke, named after his home town near Timbuktu on the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2019
African Gems: Recordings by Charles Duvelle, Jos Gansemans, Benoit Quersin & David Fanshawe
SWP Records never fail to surprise, educate and delight with their releases of traditional African field recordings. Their crowning glory...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Try Paradise
It's hard to tell who or what the wellspring of this album is, and, I might be wrong, but on...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2023
Vinyl Box Set #5
Fela Kuti’s vast and sprawling catalogue has been repackaged and repurposed, anthologised and annotated countless times since his death in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2022
The Rough Guide to Bollywood
This compilation could just as easily be called The Genius of Rahul Dev Burman. No fewer than nine of the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2011
Psychedelic Pernambuco
Like a balding prog-rock lover at a record fair, European labels and DJs continue to trawl Brazil's 1970s back catalogue...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: July/2011
The Art of Improvisation
One of the essential resources for Indian classical music is The Raga Guide, published in 1999 by Nimbus Records. It...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2011
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Nostalgique Armenie: Songs of Love, Hope, Exile and Improvisations (1942-1952)
This is a homage to the music of the Armenian diaspora. The liner notes state that the Caucasus is the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2018
The Auld Harp
Catriona McKay & Olov Johansson
The Swedish nyckelharpa (key harp) is an extraordinary instrument. Played with a bow to produce a sound with many of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Spanglish
Not to be confused with the rockabilly outfit from Antwerp, this particular raucous colony of Baboons has been a fixture...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016
