Reviews

Tidens Ekko

Vingefang

Vingefang are a duo comprising Lene Høst and Miriam Ariana, who are both former students of Scandinavian folk music at...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: October/2018

August 1791

RAM

Led by Richard Morse, proprietor of the celebrated Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, RAM were last heard from before the disastrous...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018

Under the Rose Tree

Derya Türkan & Sokratis Sinopoulos

As a disciple of Ross Daly and a player of the lyra (bowed lute) Sokratis Sinopoulos was always going to...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2018

Nsimbi

Nsimbi

This is a collection of songs based on Swahili proverbs and performed by Ugandan-American duo Nsimbi. GNL Zamba is a...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2018

Tebourba

Fanfara Station

Fanfara Station may sound like the name of one of the Balkan brass bands they so clearly admire, but in...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2018

Listen

Nitish Kulkarni

American-born of Indian heritage, Nitish Kulkarni took a Masters degree in music production at the Berklee Campus in Valencia, Spain....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018

Pontos

Oi Dipnoi

Dipnoi are living fossils: fish furnished with rudimentary lungs (which is why they're also called lung fish), allowing them to...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: October/2018

Notes from the Boat

Mike Vass

It's an incredible line-up that Mike Vass has gathered for his latest album, with guests including Anna Massie, Duncan Chisholm,...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2018

Cas

Lúnasa

Cas has several meanings in Irish: to turn, to twist, and to sing being among them. All are apt terms...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2018

The Rough Guide to Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain

The tabla is India's best-known drum yet, traditionally, it was always ranked way down the pecking order of instruments, only...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2018