Reviews
The Rough Guide to Celtic Music
On the plus side, this is a substantially more satisfying compilation than the now-deleted 2005 collection of the same name....
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2014
Grit
It's hard to believe it's been 11 years since Martyn Bennett's Grit was first released. The last album recorded before...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2014
Les Indiens d’Amérique: 1960-1961
It's encouraging to be reviewing another authentic Native American recording: while it's not exactly a glut, there is certainly much...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: October/2014
The Other Side
Born in Sweden from a Turkish family, saxophonist Ilhan Ersahin works hard creating and promoting new sounds and events in...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2014
Cosmic
This multi-talented composer, producer and musician emerges from the same British Asian mould as Nitin Sawhney and Talvin Singh and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2014
Surya: Chants of Light
Vedic chanting – mantras sung in the original Sanskrit – is one of the most beautiful, stimulating, and transcendental musical...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2014
Richard Galliano Au Brésil
Forró is Brazil's wildest, wackiest and most wonderful rhythm. The musicologists trace its form to the Portuguese court and its...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014
Largo da Memória
With Largo da Memória (Coast of Memory), Ribeiro confirms himself as one of the most distinctive artists in the new...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: October/2014
Amber Sands
An Ireland-based, Austrian-born fiddle player and composer, Schwab's solo debut comes after globe-hopping collaborations with the likes of Austrian string...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2014
The Rough Guide to the Music of Palestine
Less than 20 years ago, a representative of the Palestinian National Authority in London warned me that “there wasn't much...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2014
