Reviews
Inside Llewyn Davis
If there is a precedent for promoting a soundtrack in a similar way to the campaign for the forthcoming movie...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Kula Kulluk Yakisir M1
Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan
Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish saz player Erdal Erzincan are both fantastic traditional musicians with a taste for...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Sweet Nostalgia
‘I take comfort in being able to express fragments of the past through songs of old love and sounds of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Fists of Violets
Record store categories are disappearing along with the retail stores that made use of them. And that may in some...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Mortissa
Readers may already be familiar with Çigdem Aslan, as she’s lead singer with She’koyokh, the fabulous London-based Balkan klezmer ensemble....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Mynd
Mynd is the apt title of this excellent album, an Old English word meaning both ‘act of commemoration’ and ‘intellect.’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Flourish
Katie McNally is a terrific young fiddle player from Boston, who, devoted to the Scottish and Cape Breton traditions, is...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Thailand: Music and Songs from the Golden Triangle
Unreconstructed field recordings of folk songs and instrumental pieces may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but this collection provides...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Irish national broadcaster RTÉ has a versatile Concert Orchestra that has made something of a happy habit of venturing into...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Rhythms of Azerbaijani Dances
This is the latest in Felmay’s series of Azerbaijani music that focuses on folk and dance repertoire, and it features...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
