Clavellina d'Aire is the Catalan word for a bromeliad or air plant. These grow not in the earth but high...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2023
This double CD album is a rare archive of the Bai and Dai music traditions. Both ethnic minorities are from...
Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: May/2020
Much like country music queen Dolly Parton, Teresa Doyle likes singing story songs. And is darned good at it. The...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2015
You can imagine a film to go with this album: vast, sweeping landscapes, travellers in the mist, and among these...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2020
The titles of past albums by the Tunisian-born oud (lute) player and singer Dhafer Youssef mapped out a story: Electric...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2010
What passes for a tribute, or omaggio, is, as often as not, simply cashing-in by lesser (or at least less...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
There’s an inevitable overlap between Radio Beirut, compiled by the German journalist Dagmar Golle, and last year’s Golden Beirut CD...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Contrary to what the band’s name – and the opening track ‘Papa Chajes’ – suggest, klezmer is not really what...
Reviewed by Ton Maas in issue: Apr/May/2011
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra
The history, folklore and present state of the natural world is the defining theme of this second full-length album from...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2013
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