Reviews
Lalehzar
Javid Afsari Rad was the virtuoso santur player of the renowned group Zarbang and, while this is essentially a solo...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Djarimirri: Child of the Rainbow
The 2017 death of Aboriginal musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu at the age of 46 was a loss felt not only...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
Llinyn Arian
The Jenkins family are heavyweights of the Welsh folk scene, and this partnership is akin to the mother and daughter...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
66-76
When Masekela arrived in New York in the early 1960s, his fellow trumpeter Miles Davis took the exile to one...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2018
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
