Reviews
The Master
Warren Cuccurullo & Ustad Sultan Khan
The West has been actively seeking out musical meetings with the East ever since Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2026
Nine Decades Vol IV: A Night at St John the Divine
Ravi Shankar's widow Sukanya testifies in the liner notes to the particular ‘magical, transcendent experience’ of her husband performing in...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2026
In the Kingdom of Dub
Prince Fatty Meets Nostalgia 77
Having paid his producer's dues from acid jazz groups through to Gregory Isaacs and the Sugarhill Gang, Mike Pelanconi's alter-ego...
Reviewed by Michael Brown in issue: June/2026
On Down the Line
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
A recipient of nine International Bluegrass Music Association Fiddler of the Year Awards, Michael Alexander is universally recognised as one...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2026
Africainement Vôtre
Magic System, the Ivory Coast's most successful proponents of zouglou – a mix of zouk, ragga and soca music –...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2026
Tuning Pegs & Fishing Line
Albums marketed as collaborations between world music artists and musicians from the developed world are often subject to the dreaded...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: June/2026
Serious Time
With 15 tracks of solid dancehall reggae, Glasgow's Mungo's Hi Fi didn’t mince their words when they named their third...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: June/2026
Taiwan Erhu
Tangh-Suan Lo is part of the younger generation of Taiwanese erhu (two-stringed fiddle) players. Highly skilled in classical Chinese repertoire,...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2026
Songs for the Voiceless
During World War I, the officer class attempted to suppress the marching song ‘If You Want to See the General’,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2026
