Reviews
Choral Music from Persia
In light of recent events concerning Iran this previously unreleased recording from 1978 seems fortuitously well-timed. Not least because it...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
North India: Sangeet Trio in Concert
This live recording of ‘Raga Jog’, made in Paris in 1995, brought together for the first time three fascinating representatives...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
An Introduction to Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy's current combo is The Wayward Band. It's a good name: she has, throughout her career, championed English folk...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
KUNE
KUNE: Canada's Global Orchestra
Toronto is a famously cosmopolitan city in an increasingly multicultural country, and KUNÉ was a project deliberately created to reflect...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Ponguru
On the surface this may seem like an odd pairing, but the combination of New Zealanders Fraser and Boniface actually...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Destination Overground: The Story of Transglobal Underground
Transglobal Underground feat Natacha Atlas
The original Transglobal crew are still working together, with and without Natacha Atlas, whose solo star has shone in the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Rooftop Sessions
The piano keys fall like drops of water, the violin soars like a gull over 0resund, while the delicate pluck...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Old Stock
The resonantly crackling baritone voice of Ben Caplan dominates the proceedings on Old Stock, the Halifax, Nova Scotia native's third...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
On & Between: New Music for Pipa & Western Ensembles
This suite of pieces by New York-based pianist and composer Zhen Chen is a musical tribute to Chinese immigrants to...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
The Good is a Big God
Over the years, I have returned to Rio drummer Domenico Lancellotti's collaborations with Moreno Veloso and Alexandre Kassin - the...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
