Red Note Ensemble & Kuljit Bhamra
The musicians on this disc have great pedigrees. Red Note are one of Scotland’s best contemporary music ensembles, and Kuljit...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
It's hard to underestimate the impact Damon Albarn has had on traditional concepts of what constitutes ‘world music’, via such...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012
A new trio featuring accordionist Phil Alexander (Moishe's Bagel), renowned Scottish fiddle player Gavin Marwick and Ruth Morris on the...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2023
As a firm fan of both Celtic and Latin music, I initially dismissed the idea of a band fusing the...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Apr/May/2014
The birth of her first child inspired the Iranian-born Canadian resident Azam Ali to record an album of lullabies as...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Shimmering Lights: is one of those albums that really takes you by surprise. Seeing Hanukkah Songs in the title, as...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: December/2018
Kit Sebastian is the London-based duo of Turkish vocalist Merve Erdem and Anglo-French multi-instrumentalist Kit Martin, but you’d be forgiven...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2021
Though the seventh album from Austin's Grupo Fantasma comes after a five-year break from the studio, the band have kept...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
The Sakai Ishinage Odori Preservation Society
This recording, or rather pair of recordings (one from 1982 and one from 2017), is the second release in an...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2019
‘New energy for old Belgian music' is the ringing slogan adopted by the five musicians of WÖR. Their mission to...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021
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