Reviews
It's Still Autumn
Kayhan Kalhor & the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio
The collaboration between Iranian kamancheh spike-fiddle master Kayhan Kalhor and the Dutch baroque-jazz ensemble Rembrandt Frerichs Trio has been a...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Kolida Babo
This is an intriguing experiment by two Greek exponents of the duduk, an Armenian oboe. Socratis Votskos and Harris P...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound
Laraaji, Merz & Shahzad Ismaily
New Age zither master Laraaji began his career busking in the parks of New York, where he was ‘discovered’ by...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
On Clay Hill
This is a family album. On the face of it, it's a stripped-back, purist collection of traditional English folk songs,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Cossack Attack!
Slovak sextet Čendeš are a relatively recently formed band framed around the cimbalom (a hammered dulcimer the size of a...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
The Rough Guide to World Music For Children
The liner notes of this compilation of 18 tracks from World Music Network's excellent back catalogue claim that youthful listeners...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Music from Turkey
Various Artists/Sameyda Ensemble
This CD reissues two albums: a collection of field recordings by Indian ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya, issued as Turkisk Musik in...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Exil-Exile
Kyriakos Kalaitzidis & En Chordais
I've had time for composer and oud player Kyriakos Kalaitzidis since I first encountered his ensemble/record label En Chordais in...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Pomegranate
Blending Western classical stylistics and compositional techniques with tunes and sonorities from a mainly Mediterranean and Eastern European catchment, Kosmos...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
