Reviews
En Paris – Live at FIP
Lila Downs, with her unique blend of original songs and reworked classics emphasising human-rights politics, is one of Mexico's great...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
Uzbekistan: Spiritual and Sufi Chant
A brilliant compilation of sacred Uzbek chants from the remote and religious area of Ferghana Valley, this album shows how...
Reviewed by Razia Sultanova in issue: October/2016
Ritual
Right in the middle of the rock-jazz-Latin Venn diagram there's a sweet spot reserved for Santana. Many have tried to...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022
Live in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, which looks as impressive as its name, is one of the closest things to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Ravi Shankar: Sukanya
Ravi Shankar began writing his last major work when he was 90. An opera based on an ancient Sanskrit tale...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020
Solidarity
A multicultural album recorded by a group of international expats and Canadian natives on a surplus Tascam eight-track tape machine...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Session A9
It's hard to believe ten years have passed since Session A9 first burst onto the scene in with their raucous...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2013
Eponymous
This is the debut album from a Swiss-based, Bosnian-born accordionist, who was signed by Geoff Barrow (of Portishead) to his...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2017
Jagged Land
Brothers Cory and Yann Seznec have been playing music together for some 20 years, despite the fact that Cory lives...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2013
