Reviews
Bolinus Brandaris: Flamenco from the Bay of Cadiz
If you like your flamenco raw and unadulterated, without the studio frippery of added effects and multi-tracking that makes so...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023
Usvyaty: Russian Music from Pskov Region in Modern and Archival Recordings
This is a curiosity. We get relatively few recordings from Russia and as the title says, these are field recordings...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2023
Sing Yonder 1
In 2021 graphic designer Karl Sinfield began putting simple arrangements of traditional songs online, with basic chords and audio guidance...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2023
Just a Second
Six years ago the talented young Scottish fiddler Ryan Young released an acclaimed debut album but then suffered an injury...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023
Crystal Lexicon
There really is some excellent and inspiring stuff coming out of Tehran these days and Crystal Lexicon is no exception....
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2023
Essentials
We often associate Iranian music with long, melancholy pieces. But Persian culture is rich in folkloric music as well, rooted...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: December/2023
Monajat
Galeet Dardashti & Younes Dardashti
Galeet Dardashti is the US-based granddaughter of Younes Dardashti, a pre-revolutionary master singer of Persian classical music, who performed at...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: December/2023
Zartir
The Gurdjieff Ensemble | The Gurdjieff Ensemble & Levon Eskenian
George Gurdjieff (c 1867-1949) was a philosopher, mystic and composer, whose music is generally known through the transcriptions of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2023
I See a World
Fusing Scottish jigs and reels with influences from jazz, pop and techno, Peatbog Faeries’ music is often described as ‘high-octane.’...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2023
