Reviews
Subcontinental Drift
Sultans of String with Anwar Khurshid
Canadian folk-fusion outfit Sultans of String have gone for the word-play double – both band name and album name –...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Suistamo Electricity
This is a huge piece of theatre inspired by the history of the Karelian village of Suistamo, once part of...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Highland Time
Opener ‘After the Storm’ shows where we’re heading: a crisp rhythm track overlaid with pipes and fiddle and a deranged...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
The James Brothers
Australian James Fagan and New Zealander Jamie McClennan's debut album was recorded in Scotland and mastered in Nashville. These songs,...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
1001
The pace is frenetic from the off, but there's something more in the mix than just the usual racing rhythm...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Distant Kin
Funded by the Scottish Arts council, this eight-track gem captures a collaboration between six Celtic and three Indian musicians from...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
5ed Round
Ever thought that the Celts and the Arabs, or other Mediterranean people like the ancient Greeks, could be close relatives?...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
The Rough Guide to the Best World Music You’ve Never Heard
Much has been written about ‘world music’ as a genre – going back to David Byrne's 1999 New York Times...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Up
Two decades into a career that began by defining the Asian Underground scene, Karsh Kale's work has continued to develop...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Mantra Sessions
From the first track, as a free-blowing tenor sax solo jostles with a Hindu peace incantation over an ngoni (African...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
