Reviews
Dark Desert Night
Somewhat overwrought in its presentation, Dark Desert Night by 3hattrio, who consist of Greg Istock on vocals and acoustic bass,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Waltz for Better Times
Over the past two decades Matti Kallio has worked on more than 100 records, whether performing, producing or composing. He...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2018
Aheym: Homeward
Each member of this trio brings serious klezmer credentials with them. Merlin Shepherd's clarinet playing can also be heard with...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2016
RAAZ
Hooshyar Khayam & Bamdad Afshar
Like an intoxicated dream, the sounds of provincial Iran and the wider world warp and meld into a feverish blurring...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021
The Medlars
As a four-piece playing informally at an English traditional wassail-singing session, The Medlars impressed me with the direct, welcoming performance...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2017
Ayahuasca: Música para Cine de Luis David Aguilar (1978-1983)
With little commercial appetite for avant-garde and classical music in Peru during the 70s and 80s, conservatory-trained composer Luis David...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2023
Mercury
Mercury marks Miller's third solo album, but it is her first of entirely original material. And a talented songwriter it...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Touch of Freedom
Exiled from his native Iran for a song denouncing the Islamic regime, Arya Aramnejad now makes his music in Stockholm....
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021
Oh Yeah Habibi
Google the word ‘Arabicana’ and you’ll either find restaurants in Dubai and Edinburgh or a musical style of the same...
Reviewed by Stan Rijven in issue: April/2016
The Spirit of God & Madness
In the publicity for this five-person string-and-vocal group, their home base — Vancouver, British Columbia — is credited as being...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2018
