Reviews
I Vine Speil (In the Mirror of Wine)
Mahsa Vahdat is one of the most courageous and enterprising of contemporary Iranian singers. Courageous bec ause despite restrictions on...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: March/2011
Tropical Forest Project: Ecuador
At first glance, the list of artists for this compilation appear too disparate to result in anything coherent: there’s Dobet...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/2021
I Dreamed an Island
Piers Faccini created a beautiful duo album, Songs of Time Lost, with cellist Vincent Segal in 2014. But the British...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
The Secret Sisters
Vintage dresses? Check. Joyful, springwater-fresh voices? Check. A determination to sidestep the plasticised sound of contemporary country? Check. The Secret...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2011
Japanese Taiko
Joji Hirota & The London Taiko Drummers
Taiko drumming in a live setting is a visceral and hypnotic experience: the physicality of the drums and volume of...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2017
Itai Kriss & Telavana
The flautist Itai Kriss grew up in Israel, where he absorbed an array of musical traditions from Morocco to the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018
Port
It's the energy and urgency of Forabandit that impresses the most. There's an unstoppable drive about these songs, performed by...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2014
Good Times Will Come Again
The seventh studio album from the enviably self-sufficient husband-and-wife team of Stu and Debbie Hanna, otherwise known as Megson, strikes...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2016
Nagez Rameurs
Québécois music is fed by rich waters – French, Irish, Scottish, Breton and Maritime traditions are all integral to its...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
