Reviews
Unearth Repeat
Following on from his Island Records’ debut, The Unfinished Violin, England's premier fiddler releases a small band album with a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020
Fragmentarium
Norwegian Hardanger fiddler Apneseth hosts his biggest band so far, a sextet featuring percussion, bass, accordion, guitar and keyboards, this...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: May/2020
Break the Dawn
iyatraQuartet fuse Western with Indian classical and Arabic traditions, with the four players - violinist Alice Barron, who studied Karnatic...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020
In the Moment: Improvisations and Compositions
John Hemmersam & Asal Malekzadeh
John Hemmersam (Denmark) and Asal Malekzadeh (Iran) can be heard on this recording playing acoustic guitars and daf respectively. The...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: May/2020
Ravi Shankar: Sukanya
Ravi Shankar began writing his last major work when he was 90. An opera based on an ancient Sanskrit tale...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020
Seasons of India
The premise of this disc is a journey by raga through a year of seasons, from monsoon to summer. This...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2020
Dúchas
Button accordionist O'Reilly stays close to home in his first solo outing on disc with material drawn from his native...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2020
