Reviews
Caribbean Roots
Poet and spoken-word performer Anthony Joseph was born and raised in Trinidad, but has long lived in London, where he...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
The Art of the Tanbur
Özkan, resident in Paris since 1976, has honed an unusual lute style, at a remove from Istanbul's conservatoires and musical...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: October/2016
Kobani
Ferhat Tunç's latest album is nicely packaged, with the songs competently translated into English. If you are unfamiliar with the...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: October/2016
Antipodes
This ill-Focused collection of ‘found sound’ excerpts mixed in with live performances – conducted, presumably, on the streets – and...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2016
Up River Overseas
Old Salt are a six-piece collective of musicians from the US, Belgium, Sweden and Scotland who first came together at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016
Granada 1013-1502
Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya
On his new theme album, named after Granada – the city that epitomised Muslim rule in Spain and also witnessed...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2016
ShadowLines
Those who know the work of British composer, producer and musician Shammi Pithia will know to expect a dreamy, cinematic...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2016
Storied Sounds
Accordionist and composer Tuulikki Bartosik made quite an impression with her previous album, Chatterbox, with Hannah James. Her latest project,...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016
Live at WOMEX Budapest
Ágnes Herczku and her band, led by Nikola Parov, are standout musicians on the Hungarian folk scene, and their album...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2016
Shadows
It's been a productive few years for the acclaimed and distinctive English art-folk duo of Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2016
