Reviews
Sunlightsquare presents Britannia Shing-A-Ling
There’s a riot going on in Sunlightsquare. This unapologetically ambitious album from this sprawling UK collective sees some 25 musicians...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Acamar
This is a relaxed, drifting set of Arabic-European instrumental compositions and improvisations from a band based in the Netherlands. The...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2019
Beyond Karma
While in Tibet I once met a young man with a motorbike; he was wearing a leather jacket and had...
Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: November/2016
Strung Deep
This is the first recording from guitarist Marcus Corbett, who has been active on both the British folk and Indian...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2013
Growing Up Wild
This is a great find – a modern journey to southern Taiwan with balladeer Lin Sheng Xiang and his Japanese...
Reviewed by Joanna Lee in issue: March/2010
Baladi Blues 3: The Art of Baligh Hamdi
Guy Schalom & The Baladi Blues Ensemble
Baladi is a very particular Egyptian fusion. The name literally means ‘my country’ and its roots lie in the rural...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
O Aperto da Saudade
Far Out’s aim for this record was to compile a selection of Brazilian tracks that convincingly epitomise the untranslatable Portuguese...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: October/2020
Arctic Spirit: Music from the Siberian North
German & Claudia Khatylaev | Spiridon Shishigin | Zarina Kopyrina & Ilya Zhirkov
Sakha, or Yakutia, is a land of mammoths, gold and diamonds: a Siberian territory that sits atop permafrost and is...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Songs of Rebirth: Tribute to Rumi
The world outside of Iran has been comparatively late in coming to recognise Ali Reza Ghorbani as part of the...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2010
