Reviews
Invisible Strings
Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke
‘Classical Indian slide guitar’ isn’t a style you hear about every day – but if you’re a fan of Hindustani...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2017
Astrakan Project: Inês
This latest release from Alves & Gourvil's Astrakan Project is an album of nine songs with an accompanying illustrated book...
Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: May/2019
Afro Future Funk
One of the glories of modern world music is the way in which global rhythms have become totally cosmopolitan. To...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
The Servants' Ball
This exuberantly entertaining album came about after double bass player Ben Nicholls, reading about Sussex concertina player Scan Thester, found...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2020
Ba Power
Over the last few years, Bassekou Kouyaté has revolutionised the gutbucket sound of the ancient West African banjo known as...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2015
Where the River Meets the Road
Classic country and bluegrass fans – folks who revere Bill Monroe, Porter Wagoner, Buck Owens, Flatt & Scruggs and the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2017
Air Iomall
This is the kind of album that leaves you wanting to hear the whole CD again immediately without having to...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: October/2019
The Smoky Smirr o Rain
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
The air is filled with moisture as you gaze out over the shores of a Scottish loch, a Norwegian fjord...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2021
Alma Latina
While not exactly a high-profile name in European world music circles, guitarist Julio Montoro has a fair old pedigree –...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2015
