Reviews
Jaipur to Cairo
Cuatro Puntos Resident Musicians
Using traditional music as the medium to compose Western classical music, Jaipur to Cairo is a collection of works by...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: October/2019
Oriental Winds of the Baroque
Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Nils Økland, Elizabeth Holmertz, Kouame Sereba & Jésus Fernández Baena
There can be no doubting the ambition of Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and his ensemble on this release. In the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2019
Alegria de Viver
Alegria de Viver is an entirely solo album by the esteemed Brazilian guitarist Lula Galvão. He is generally betterknown as...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: October/2019
Sertão do Mar
When Brazilian singer Mariana Caetano moved to France in 2004, she already carried a profound love for the music from...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2019
Cimarrón
The Latin jazz and folkloric traditions of the Dominican Republic have long been jettisoned by music lovers in favour of...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2019
Rajatila/Borderline
The Finnish a capella quartet Tuuletar made quite an impression with their first album Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal in 2016...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2019
Cloud Wandering
One of the foremost performers of Okinawan folk music, vocalist and sanshin (banjo-like lute) player Takashi Hirayasu came to prominence...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2019
Al Hadaoui
Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah
Al Hadaoui was the group Attarazat Addahabia's debut album, recorded in 1972 but for some reason never released. And now...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2019
The Lines We Draw Together
The Sheffield fiddler, banjoist and songwriter taps into the rich new vein of folk music with theatre, historical memoir, poetry...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2019
