Reviews
Now and Then
The term ‘world music’ has become increasingly vague over the years, and although this recording, from a trio of Romanian...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2021
Halo
This is the Argentinian alchemist Juana Molina's seventh album and it demonstrates a masterful refinement of her sample-based, patchwork approach...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2017
Los Super Seven/Canto
Los Super Seven were, initially, a Tex-Mex supergroup – a studio project formed in 1997 bringing David Hidalgo and CÉsar...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Worlds Kaleid
With the traditional Australian folkie/ bush music scene struggling to remain relevant in recent years – the result of an...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012
Anamkhara
Piraeus-born Cretan lyra player Kelly Thoma is a pupil of Ross Daly and a part of the diverse group of...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011
Rey Loj
Chilean singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca dances lightly around Chilean musical styles, mixing them with Indian forms she picked up while studying...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2016
Hed
The seventh-born of the well-known Kreiz Breizh Akademi musical laboratory from Brittany, this collective is based on the famous tradition...
Reviewed by Anne Ge in issue: March/2020
Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria
One of the great things to happen musically in the post–civil war Nigeria of the 1970s was the birth and...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2010
Move
Toronto’s Sultans of String continue their Spanish-guitars-and-fiddle road trip with their third album. Something of a travelogue that careers across...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: March/2012
Raga & Raj
Barry Phillips, Linda Burman-Hall, Lux Musica Ensemble
The second album in the Utsav! series hears musicians coming up with some fascinating ways of lauding Shankar’s contribution to...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
