Reviews
Burda: Contemporary Arabic Maqam Suite
This album showcases the remarkable talents of Egyptian-born oud player and singer Mustafa Said and his youthful Beirut-based collective, the...
Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: December/2015
Of Labour and Love
Alex Cumming, Kate Locksley, Rosie Calvert and Will Finn first began singing together after meeting on the famed Newcastle University...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2015
Like a River to the Sea
Jahnavi Harrison grew up at Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire, the UK's largest Hare Krishna temple, and her blend of acoustic...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: December/2015
The Attic Tapes
The great British guitarist died in March this year, shortly after penning the warm, detailed liner notes that accompany this...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2015
Sensitive Skin
Finnish accordion adventurer Kimmo Pohjonen says, rather surprisingly, that Sensitive Skin is the first album he has made on which...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2015
Dystopian Dream
Like the musical equivalent of Stephen Fry, Nitin Sawhney seems to be everywhere. Producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, composer of film, TV...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
About Time
It is indeed about time Northumbrian Piper Andy May, guitarist Ian Stephenson and fiddler Sophy Ball did the decent thing...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2015
From Bedlam to Lenane
Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni
With that title beside those two names, I was expecting a couple of Italian crooners on an Irish road trip....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2015
Extra-Deluxe-Supreme
The nine-piece New York-based ensemble Hazmat Modine may just be my favourite American roots band and their third studio album...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
So Familiar
So Familiar is the follow-up to Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's 2013 debut duo album, Love has Come for You....
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2015
