Reviews
Netherbow
Orkney duo Saltfishforty is comprised of Douglas Montgomery on fiddle, viola and mandolin, with Brian Cromarty on vocals, guitar, mandola...
Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: October/2010
To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings from Istanbul
One of many surprisingly delightful Middle Eastern releases of the last two years was Honest Jon’s compilation of remastered Iraqi...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2010
The Road to Damascus
Followers of Nick Page, former frontman of Transglobal Underground and serial musical collaborator, might be surprised by his latest project....
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: October/2010
Dance
If ever a band were overdue a lifetime achievement award it is Blowzabella. Not only have they written a stack...
Reviewed by Andrew Letcher in issue: October/2010
Türlü
Haci Tekbilek is a gruff vocalist and a fine performer on several Turkish instruments, including saz, sax, bendir drum and,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2010
The King of History
Daniel Misiani came to the attention of non-Kenyans in the late 80s with two albums released in the UK that...
Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2010
…e l’italiano ride
Singer-songwriter Mirco Menna here encounters a 52-piece Sicilian brass band, directed by Sebastiano Bell’Arte. It's the pair's second recording, following...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: October/2010
Too Long in This Condition
Supposedly Alasdair Roberts is a human male born in the 1970s, raised in central Scotland and a resident of Glasgow...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2010
Oy
Mohsen Namjoo has created quite a buzz in Iran in recent years, initially as a singer-songwriter pushing the boundaries and...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: October/2010
