Reviews
Fasl-i Rembetiko
Deep currents are crossing the blue Aegean – the Greek economic crisis and the Turkish ascent are altering old balances,...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
If Like Birds and Angels I Could Fly
Hossein & Raha Alizadeh with the Hamavayan Ensemble
Perhaps the most striking aspect of this recent album by Hossein Alizadeh & the Hamavayan Ensemble is its showcasing of...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Bear’s Revenge
Moulettes have been conjuring up a mystical world with poetic lyrics and richly textured music for the last ten years,...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Timbuktu Tarab
The absolute highlight of WOMAD Charlton Park last year for me was the Malian singer Khaira Arby from Timbuktu. Surrounded...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Tide
Hearing this new album by Zimbabwean funksters Mokoomba for the first time is a truly exciting experience, on a par...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Baladi Blues 3: The Art of Baligh Hamdi
Guy Schalom & The Baladi Blues Ensemble
Baladi is a very particular Egyptian fusion. The name literally means ‘my country’ and its roots lie in the rural...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Twinklings of Hope
I first heard Iranian sisters Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat in Istanbul in 2006. The power in their voices, so perfectly...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Soundshades
This is an intriguing album with moments of genuine excitement, beauty and ingenuity. Soundshades is the first recording from Yaron...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960
This album chronicles the only existing complete concert performance by the inestimably important American folk musician during the period in...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Break It Up
Rura are one of the most promising and interesting young bands to emerge recently and this, their debut album, establishes...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
