Reviews
Thunder
‘A Song for Thor’ that opens this album is a thunderous Thor de force. It features a four-metre long Tibetan...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2023
The Water is the Shovel of the Shore
Shovel Dance Collective's epic album dredges down through bodies of water. It shifts through the capital, raw materials and hard...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2023
Cool Funeral Beer: Day 1 – The Creation of the Final Ancestor Shrine
This is the first instalment of a remarkable three-part project of music inspired by traditional funeral ceremonies in Ghana. The...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023
Chłopi: Wesele Boryny
This is an extraordinary album recreating the sound of a wedding in central Poland in the late 19th century. The...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2023
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour offers further proof that Leigh and Eric Gibson – deemed Entertainers of the Year by the International Bluegrass...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023
Tear in the River
Berlin-based bansuri player Roy Sunak's debut album, Tear in the River, can’t be faulted musically, even if its concept –...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2023
The Unknown Spanish Levant Vol 2: Egypt
An academic in ethnomusicology as well as a musician and composer who has been performing since he was a teenager...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2023
