Reviews
Tatavla
Tatavla was a neighbourhood in Istanbul where the Greek-speaking community once performed a great deal of music, especially that of...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2018
När Isen Går
Duo Systrami have built up a reputation as charismatic performers, playing on the intuitive chemistry they have, being twin sisters....
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2018
Ilmamõtsan
Mari Kalkun released her debut album ten years ago. Since then she has performed in many parts of the world...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2018
Mexico Mágico Cosmico
This re-release of a 1981 Mexican government-sponsored music project is a curiosity in many ways. It is an album that...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2018
Arcana: The Indo-Jazz Sessions
Arcana announces itself with ‘Kalavati’, a driving fusion track named after a Hindustani raga; the piece establishes the album as...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2018
Music in the Glen
Brendan Mulholland, Conor Lamb, Deirdre Galway
Music in the Glen is a promising debut by three stalwarts of Northern Ireland's live scene: Brendan Mulholland (flute and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2018
Sole Mates
Two years or so past their quarter-century anniversary, Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends have put together an album of shanties and...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: July/2018
An Angel Fell
It's appropriate that it's the German Strut label, home of the recent programme of Sun Ra re-releases, that has helped...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2018
Away From My Window
Hailing from Aberdeenshire, Iona Fyfe is one of Scotland's finest young ballad singers. With Fyfe's art rooted deeply in the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2018
7 Billion
It's good, for her health's sake, that New York-based ghazal singer Kiran Ahluwalia isn’t one of those artists, like Led...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2018
