Reviews
Azar
It’s something of a cliché to declare that a particular album would make a great soundtrack for a long journey....
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2013
Folk Fever
Unlikely bedfellows they may be, but it transpires that disco and folk conspire to produce a highly satisfying reimagining of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2018
Songs for Leena: Improvisations on the Hopi Long Flute
The cloud of mystery around the Hopi long flute has been an inspiration for veteran flautist Gary Stroutsos for a...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: January/February/2022
Storm Game
One of the most impressive names to have appeared on the American klezmer scene in recent years has been the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2013
Fire Under the Bridge
This sextet of folk musicians came together in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in northern England, in the shadow of the mighty Tyne Bridge,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020
Get Ready
The Revelers hail from Lafayette, the capital of Cajun country, and consist of six young musicians schooled in the local...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Afropentatonism
Alhousseini Anivolla & Girum Mezmur
With five notes per octave, the pentatonic scale is considered the oldest scale in the world. Originating in ancient Mesopotamia...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Collection
Gospel music is the biggest selling genre in South Africa and the Lusanda Spiritual Group rival Ladysmith Black Mambazo and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Live at the NCH
Dublin's National Concert Hall has become a home from home for The Gloaming – they spent seven nights there in...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2018
