Reviews
Seven Sisters
The Mediterranean Sea occupies a unique place geographically, historically and culturally. Currently it is an arena for some of the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Que Bom
Jazz and Brazilian music flirting shamelessly is old news. It does not take a wild imagination to connect the dots...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Symbiosis II
The Ant & Dec of the Scottish trad music scene, if only because they no longer need surnames, Ross Ainslie...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Facing East
Facing East is oriented primarily towards Armenia, celebrating the folk music of the Caucasus in adventurous fashion. The multi– national...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Crying Bamboos: Ceremonial Flute Music from New Guinea Madang
Recorded in 1979 by UK-based anthropologist Ragnar Johnson, these field recordings complement Johnson's previous collection Sacred Flute Music from New...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan
Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour
The Shaigiya people claim lineage from the Arabian Peninsula but grew as a culture in Nubia. The music of the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Hemdem
Sinan Cem Eroglu & Muhlis Berberoglu
Hemdem means, literally, ‘breathe together’ and designates in Turkish one's best friend. But since dem also means ‘drone’ it could...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Flaco JimÉnez/Buena Suerte, Señorita
Flaco JimÉnez is, at least in Texas, accordion royalty; his late father and brother are also acknowledged masters of the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Jamilat Reprise
Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan founded Beirut's groundbreaking electro-duo Soapkills, garnering a cult following across the Arab world. In 2013 she...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Havana Cultura: ¡Súbelo, Cuba!
The West likes to glibly glamourise Cuba, keeping it doing a shimmying dance in aspic. The reality is more complex...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
