Reviews
Morning Meditation
Sumeet Anand Pandey is a tenth generation singer of dhrupad, India’s ancient song form that began as devotional music in...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/2021
Mara
LA-based Aditya Prakash began his training in Karnatic singing when he was eight years old, and he has since toured...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2016
Fase Dos
This son of musical parents “wanted to be a Puerto Rican version” of Lenny Kravitz in his early teens. Instead,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
The Sublime Porte: Voices of Istanbul 1430-1750
The Sublime Porte is another concept album by Jordi Savall, issued just prior to Mare Nostrum, making use of much...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2012
Wind Rose
For her third album, western Canadian fiddle player, singer and step-dancing specialist Jocelyn Pettit conjures up a dozen traditional, contemporary...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2022
African Griot Groove
Baba Sissoko | Djeli Mah Damba Koroba & Baba Sissoko
If you travel around the villages of West Africa, you will hear music played with a raw and earthy vigour;...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013
MinYo Songbook Vol 1
Many cultures around the world have taken forms of their own folk songs and reinterpreted them in a more mainstream...
Reviewed by Hyelim Kim in issue: May/2023
Color de Trópico Vol 2
For a short album, this packs a mighty punch. Variously a crate digger’s delight, an ode to the hopes of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2021
Öz/Essence
Coşkun Karademir's two previous albums in collaboration with international artists were both received with some critical acclaim. This is the...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: May/2019
