Reviews

Nsimbi

Nsimbi

This is a collection of songs based on Swahili proverbs and performed by Ugandan-American duo Nsimbi. GNL Zamba is a...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2018

Tebourba

Fanfara Station

Fanfara Station may sound like the name of one of the Balkan brass bands they so clearly admire, but in...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2018

Listen

Nitish Kulkarni

American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018

Pontos

Oi Dipnoi

Dipnoi are living fossils: fish furnished with rudimentary lungs (which is why they're also called lung fish), allowing them to...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: October/2018

Notes from the Boat

Mike Vass

It's an incredible line-up that Mike Vass has gathered for his latest album, with guests including Anna Massie, Duncan Chisholm,...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2018

Cas

Lúnasa

Cas has several meanings in Irish: to turn, to twist, and to sing being among them. All are apt terms...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2018

The Rough Guide to Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain

The tabla is India's best-known drum yet, traditionally, it was always ranked way down the pecking order of instruments, only...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2018

Rios de Norte y Sur

Radio Jarocho & Zenen Zeferino

Rios de Norte y Sur (Rivers from North and South) is the second album from New York City's Radio Jarocho...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2018

Joys Abound

Anandi Bhattacharya

Perhaps the most aptly named debut album of recent times, Joys Abound certainly lives up to its name. Anandi Bhattacharya's...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2018

Somewhere

Dowally

Comprising Rachel Walker on fiddle and whistle, Phil Alexander on accordion and piano and Daniel Abrahams on guitar and double...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2018