Reviews
Secret Museum of Mankind – Atlas of Instruments: Fiddles Volume 1
A curio and a labour of love, Fiddles Vol 1 is a compilation in the intriguingly-named Secret Museum of Mankind...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2023
Collage
Erlend Apneseth Trio with Maja S K Ratkje
The list of musical genres that Norwegian band Erlend Apneseth Trio tap into for their new album, Collage, could be...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: December/2023
Nowruz
The six musicians comprising this group have all been involved in the Aga Khan Music Programme as performers, teachers and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2023
Merengue Típico: Nueva Generación!
These ten vintage 45 rpm rompers, most around three to four minutes long, are from the late 60s and early...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2024
Earthcycle
This third ‘mixtape album’ from Orchestra of the Swan continues the classical ensemble’s adventures into bending and breaking genre boundaries....
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2024
Deep Sea Vents
Deep Sea Vents is a self-consciously quirky, sometimes witty and occasionally beguiling ten-track album of songs by Bruce Hornsby in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2024
Nasim-e Sahar
Bahareh Fayazi & Asareh Shekarchi
Nasim-e Sahar, featuring the duo of Bahareh Fayazi on tar and Asareh Shekarchi on tombak and avaz (Iranian classical singing),...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2024
BRSB
Bacao pan out of Hamburg, lending a Caribbean touch to rap hits, although some of these covers are somewhat mainstream...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: May/2024
Chronika
Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars
After nearly 15 years playing trumpet in America’s seminal klezmer band The Klezmatics (with whom he is still active), Frank...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2024
Śaranam
This is the third album from the Sydney-based trio. Śaranam means ‘to take refuge’ in Sanskrit and this is an...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: January/February/2024
