Reviews
The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo
This musical romp along the Silk Road imagines the musical cultures the 13th-century explorer Marco Polo may have encountered on...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Rough Guide to Scottish Music
Compiled by broadcaster and singer Mary Ann Kennedy, this latest compilation illustrates the rich variety of the crop of Scottish...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Apr/May/2014
Music from Balochistan
The picture on the inside of this CD features the band Padik in front of a mountain valley that looks...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Rough Guide to Arabic Café
What exactly does Arabic Café mean? The liner notes to this CD explain that, in contrast to the clinical coffeehouse...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2014
Senegalesa
Senegalese griot styles, Cuban sassiness, Afro-funk power, slamming dance floor beats and swirling layers of electronica are all thrown into...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Ongod
Mongolian khöömei (overtone) singer Ganzorig Nergui and morin huur (horse head fiddle) player Ganbold Muukhaï are the two remaining members...
Reviewed by Michel Ormiston in issue: Apr/May/2014
Zanzibara 8: Chungu
The taarab music of Zanzibar is one of the glories of Africa and has a history stretching back over a...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Brightest Path
Patsy Reid is an in-demand fiddler who's been heard with Breabach, Kathryn Tickell and The Treacherous Orchestra, among others. She...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2014
Lampascioni e Cianfrusaglie
Le Tre Sorelle (the Three Sisters) are a young female trio of singers and multiinstrumentalists, who are not actually sisters....
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2014
Meeting Point: Live at the Liverpool Philharmonic
Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky
Recorded live at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this stirring album brings together Scottish fiddling from the ubiquitous Aly Bain with...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2014
