Reviews
Outsinging the Nightingale: Lost Treasures of Bulgarian Music 1905-1950
As you might imagine, this is a treasure-chest of unknown gems from pioneering companies such as Gramophone, Pathé, Odeon and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2011
Samia Malik Live at Norwich Arts Centre
Samia Malik, who is also a visual artist, writes and performs songs in the traditional ghazal (rhyming couplets) format and...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2019
Terry Riley In C
Sometimes there is a collision of two different musical worlds that just fits so well that you can't believe it...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
AntroPOPhagia
Beatriz Azevedo is a Brazilian Renaissance woman. A celebrated poet, writer and anthropologist, she's also a composer and a bosom...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
The Unbroken Surface of Snow
Andrew Cronshaw released the beautiful Ochre back in 2005 [reviewed in #27]; seven years later comes The Unbroken Surface of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Star Feminine Band
Coming at you like an epic puppy stampede is the Star Feminine Band, a seven-strong group of Beninese girls whose...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: January/2021
Rivages
Jean-Louis Matinier & Kevin Seddiki
This is a very beautiful album of accordion and guitar. French accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier has appeared on several ECM albums,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020
Away From My Window
Hailing from Aberdeenshire, Iona Fyfe is one of Scotland's finest young ballad singers. With Fyfe's art rooted deeply in the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2018
Chants du Dedans, Chants du Dehors
Hearing Meïkhâneh’s album, Chants du Dedans, Chants du Dehors (Songs from Inside, Songs from Outside), is akin to waking up...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022
Second Nature
Recent winners of Best World Music Group at Canada’s Folk Music Award, Toronto’s Minor Empire bring a subtlety to this...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: March/2012
