Reviews
Yeshi Dolma
Tenzin Choegyal, Katherine Philp & Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra
Yeshi Dolma is the culmination of ten years of collaboration between Tenzin Choegyal from Tibet and Australian Katherine Philp. They...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: June/2022
Nine Waves
For their second album on the excellent River Lea label, Diarmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn, aka Ye Vagabonds, are joined...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2022
Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds
Orkney-born musician Merlyn Driver grew up listening to the calls of the curlew. It was a sound that made such...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: June/2022
Canzuni
Canzuni is a fine assortment of southern Italian folk songs. Calabria-born but a long-time resident of Naples, Ferrante is a...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: June/2022
Homage to Nazım Hikmet
Tülay German & François Rabbath
Poet, playwright and novelist Nazım Hikmet has cast a huge shadow over Turkish culture for a century. A pioneer of...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2022
Roraima
Sigurd Hole’s previous album was a solo double bass exploration into the environment and atmospheres of his native Norway. Now...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2022
The Sargasso Season
From the first few bars of the opening title-track, The Sargasso Season resounds with mellifluous beauty stemming from the pairing...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2022
ECHO
It’s been ten years now since Catrin Finch, the classically-trained Welsh harpist, first began working with Seckou Keita, the British-based...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2022
Hugnad
Olav Luksengård Mjelva is the Norwegian member of the Norwegian/Swedish/Shetland trio the Nordic Fiddlers Bloc. An award-winning composer and sought-after...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: June/2022
