Reviews
Godless Ceremony
Islandman supplies slick multi-layered atmospheric down-tempo electronica with an ethno touch. Featuring musicians from all over the globe, the title...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2021
Blyde Lasses
Frances Wilkins & Claire White
Though they’ve been performing as a duo since 2006, Blyde Lasses is the debut album by Frances Wilkins and Claire...
Reviewed by Graeme Thomson in issue: June/2014
Mbira Korositina
Chartwell Dutiro & Mike Parnell
Chartwell Dutiro is a well-known mbira (thumb piano) player, a former member of Thomas Mapfumo's group, and a teacher of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Songs from the Bardo
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith
Dealing with dying is a major aspect of both the sacred and secular. Songs from the Bardo is a small...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2019
Essential
To celebrate the 70th birthday of England's foremost folk singer, the country's most original and innovative guitarist and a man...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2011
Ethiopia Super Krar
The stripped-down acoustic approach taken here seems primed to deliver a raw yet updated, blast of Ethiopian blues, focusing as...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2012
La Guitarra: Mi Vida
Juan Martín & Chaparro de Málaga
A sometime collaborator with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, Juan Martín is one of the most versatile flamenco guitarists currently...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Solas an Lae
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ultan O'Brien
Fiddler Ultan O'Brien and singer Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin have been one of Ireland's best-kept secrets in recent years. Having first...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2021
Arghyam: The Offering
This album is part of the new Utsav! series that celebrates the ‘ life, music and legacy of Ravi Shankar.’...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Jola: Hidden Gnawa Music in Brussels
A label, venue, and performing arts foundation, Muziekpublique's latest release focuses on Brussels’ population of Gnawa musicians, which numbers some...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020
