Reviews
The Nefes of the Bektâshî Sufi Brotherhood in Istanbul and the Balkans
This album explores peripheries, spirituality and history. Arising from the seventh Bîrûn workshop in Ottoman music organised by neyzen (a...
Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: October/2019
The Greatest Day
There's never been any doubt that Jake Shimabukuro is a remarkable ukulele player. From his early success in Hawaii with...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019
A Path of Light
When Jeff Adler sat down to write a song as a gift for his friend's daughter on the occasion of...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: October/2019
The Rough Guide to Country Blues
Give this album the roughly five minutes it takes to run down the first two tracks – the deeply harrowing...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2019
The Concert Collection 2012-2018
Archie Roach is one of Australia's best-known Aboriginal singer-songwriters; his long career has seen him win every award and accolade...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019
Clandestino/Bloody Border
There are plenty of great albums that seem to define a moment in time but, as the zeitgeist moves on,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2019
Border Woods
The Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli follows 2018's excellent Avant Folk album with this much smaller quartet formation. There are two...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2019
Puro Tayta Shanti
From the first moments of this compilation, it's impossible not to feel transported to another plane. The repetitive, hammering bass...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2019
