Reviews
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
Mistral
Despite an opening salvo of tracks featuring some irresistible vocals, this fourth record from Italy-based quartet La Frontera is an...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Migration
Maryam Ershadi Yusefzadeh & Thomas Nordlund
The core of the US-based ensemble on this album is the singer Maryam Yusefzadeh and guitarist Thomas Nordland, amid bass,...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
RAMU
Although it's named after the Random Access Musical Universe (RAMU) sampling database that he created, what former Grateful Dead drummer...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2018
Nordic Raga
Jyotsna Srikanth, Mats Edén, Dan Svensson & Pär Moberg
The fiddle traditions of Sweden and southern India are both long established but are as far apart, musically and...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: May/2018
Sleeping Giants
Formed by violinist/bandleader Olivia Moore, Unfurl is a Manchester-based collective that draws upon contemporary jazz and Indian classical music, partially...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2022
Guitars From Agadez Vol 3
When Tinariwen stormed the citadel of the mainstream music industry, a wave of guitar-toting Touaregs followed in their wake, picking...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: March/2012
Tango Roto Live
Johanna Juhola has earned herself a reputation as one of the finest Finnish accordionists to emerge in recent years: a...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2011
Iram
Appropriately enough this disc begins with the gently rippling sound of the cimbalom before taking of into the catchy opening...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2019
