Reviews
Iran: Classical Singing
While the voice of singer Mohammad Motamedi makes up an integral element of this release, the album also highlights the...
Reviewed by Joobin Bekhrad in issue: October/2014
Jalilah's Raks Sharki: Stage Cuts
Raqs sharki - literally ‘Eastern dance’ but more commonly known as bellydance - is a thriving international scene. There's probably...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2014
Rolê: New Sounds of Brazil
Reviewing a 43-track compilation of new Brazilian music in which every band sounds completely different – each combining different influences...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2014
Three Bells
Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge & Rob Ickes
Take three of the greatest dobro players on the planet, toss them together in a studio with a playlist that...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2014
Tigres En Fuga
The recent surge in popularity for Peruvian cumbia (aka chicha), has seen the style adopted by bands from around the...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2014
Wild Animals
Trampled by Turtles are a four-piece band from Duluth, Minnesota, who made a major impression in the US with their...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2014
Remedy
According to Critter Fuqua, the band's splendidly named slide guitarist and banjo player, Old Crow Medicine Show ‘grew up playing...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2014
Vintage Balkan Beats
While this compilation's title cheekily refers to that club craze for remixes of Balkan brass tunes, the recordings here are...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2014
Indiens Des Plaines: Chants et Danses de Cérémonie et de Guerre
Capturing the aural magnificence of a pow wow is always going to be hard; the sight and sound of circles...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: October/2014
Wood Works
This is the not the first jazz or folk release from a classical string quartet that started life as an...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2014
