Reviews
The Rough Guide to Acoustic India
Every track on this CD deserves to be played on repeat until they are all etched, beat for beat, into...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Three Letters from Sarajevo
In a career spanning more than three decades, Goran Bregović has gone from Yugoslavian rock star to populariser of brassy...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Singing Ways to Feel More Junior
Since finding his solo mojo with What's Here What's Gone, praised in these very pages for repurposing the kind of...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Dounia Tabolo
Now in his mid-70s, Traoré was allegedly playing African blues guitar even before the late, great Ali Farka Touré. His...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Finca Santa Elena
Arturo Jorge y El Cuarteto Tradición
Though Arturo Jorge was born in 1963, Finca Santa Elena is his debut album. Born in San Rafael, in eastern...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Small Pieces
With a style essentially immersed in Indian music, the third release from this duo tells stories in song encompassing myriad...
Reviewed by Wendy Scott in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Maqâm Roads
Zied Zouari is a violin virtuoso who was surely destined to specialise in fusion styles. Born into a family of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Lekhfa
Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh
Maryam Saleh and Tamer Abu Ghazaleh's musical alliance does not come as a surprise – not only because they are...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
