Reviews
La Vie de Riley
They say, ‘the family that plays together, stays together.’ At the home of Cajun accordionist, fiddler and songwriter Steve Riley...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: May/2022
Auprès du Poêle
The second album from the spirited Prince Edward Island-based acoustic power trio Ten Strings And A Goat Skin sees them...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2016
The Rough Guide to the Best Japanese Music You’ve Never Heard
Despite the slightly misleading title – many of the artists here are well known in world music circles outside Japan...
Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: October/2021
Ninalik Arirak
The very existence of the Lani Singers, the husband-and-wife team of Benny and Maria Wenda, is a small miracle. They...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014
Mames Babegenush
Apparently the Arabic name of the aubergine dish baba ghanoush translates as ‘Pampered Papa.’ Well I certainly felt like Mama's...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2015
Dallëndyshe
Swiss-Albanian singer Duni, accompanied by a trio of bass, drums and piano led by her long-term collaborator Colin Vallon, here...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2015
Sacred World of Azerbaijani Mugham
Gochag Askarov, in his mid-30s, is the new icon of mugham, the intense classical music of Azerbaijan. He was the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Best Foot Forward
If the electric violin is an acquired taste, it is one very quickly acquired in Omar Puente's case. A classically...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2017
Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records
Topic Records grew out of the Workers' Music Association and over eight decades has consistently championed music made by working...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2019
