Closely following their acclaimed albums Nim Dong (2018) and Afternoon Tea at Six (2020), Sydney-based Persian-jazz group Eishan Ensemble reconfigure...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2021
Terompong beruk is the form of gamelan ensemble indigenous to the Balinese village of Bangle, just one of dozens of...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
This is one man's dream come true. Folk musician Tore Viksen decided he wanted, for his 70th birthday, a CD...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2016
After putting his solo career on hold while he immersed himself in a series of fruitful world music collaborations, in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
On Two Worlds, bass player, singer and composer Benjy Fox-Rosen creates an song cycle from the large body of work...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: July/2014
Born in Morocco to Jewish parents and raised in Paris, Ruimy spent seven years as a banker and financier before...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2015
Since Jeff Kazor formed the Crooked Jades in San Francisco more than 20 years ago, they have become one of...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2019
It looks to me like this decade is seeing a huge growth in sales of retro world music albums, which...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: June/2013
Tafrigh cannot be categorised easily. Rooted in different musical genres and styles, it is a mesmerising post-modern mixture of bizarre...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: July/2022
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