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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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