Reviews
Dunya
Convened and led by Javid Afsari Rad, a santur (hammered dulcimer) player with Iranian roots, ComboNations capitalise on a variegated...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Har Dam Sahara
Rafiki Jazz are a Sheffield-based band whose mission statement is to ‘create music that crosses cultural boundaries.’ Thankfully the results...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Souffles des Steppes
Henri Tournier & Enkhjargal Dandarvaanchig
Souffles des Steppes (Breath of the Steppes) is the follow-up to the excellent 2015 album Souffles du Monde, on which...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Basant
Johnny Kalsi has been running the Dhol Foundation now for more than 25 years, while also banging his double-sided Punjabi...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Veer
Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha
Griselda Sanderson and Ricardo de Noronha met on stage a couple of years ago and have been making music together...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Inland Sea
I was first drawn to the music of Stephan Micus by his piece written for 56 flowerpots in the 1980s....
Reviewed in issue October/2017
44070
This American quintet play Gypsy swing in what initially appears to be quite a straight-ahead way, but which on further...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
La Silencieuse
Meïkhâneh comprise singer Maria Laurent, Johanni Curtet on guitar and overtone singing, and Milad Pasta on Iranian percussion. Recording at...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Gross National Happiness
Earlier in 2017 the Edinburgh-based nine-piece band Orkestra del Sol revealed that after 14 successful years, this would be their...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
The Queen of Hearts
Offa Rex comprise English singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney and US indie rockers The Decemberists; Queen of Hearts is the result of...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
