Reviews
Eilov
Mountains, glaciers, fjords – this is the landscape of Jølster in western Norway, just north of Bergen, where Gro Marie...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: December/2016
Classical & Contemporary Chinese Music
Growing up in Maoist China, Mei Han had to undergo numerous hardships to study her chosen instrument, the guzheng (21-stringed...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2016
Bumblin’ Creed
Padang Food Tigers & Sigbjørn Apeland
Padang Food Tigers operate a craft industry in ambient sound-worlds. Bumblin’ Creed is the third full album to emerge from...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2016
Apikorsim/Heretics
From New York, The Klezmatics have been shaking up the klezmer and Yiddish music scene for 30 years now. So...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2016
Before the Sun
Following her fine solo debut, Charms Against Sorrow, the singer and guitarist has teamed up with The Willows’ dobro player,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2016
In Hollywood, 1971
In her liner notes for this project, first released on vinyl earlier this year, Ravi Shankar's widow Sukanya refers to...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2016
To the Tavern
The expert players of the London Klezmer Quartet here weave their skills together to create another carefully crafted sonic offering,...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2016
Truth be Told
Shama Rahman's jazz flirts with trip-hop and acoustic music to such an extent that her French verses in the title-track...
Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: December/2016
The Blue Road
World music fusion comes in many shapes and forms but, in the case of Colombian bassist Juan Garcia-Herreros (aka Snow...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: December/2016
