Reviews
Brasses for the Masses
The future of Balkan brass seems secure in the fast fingers of Macedonian trumpeter Džambo Aguševi and his orchestra who...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: May/2020
For
Describing herself as ‘a harper, composer and sound artist,’ Úna Monaghan holds a degree in astrophysics from Cambridge University and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2018
Ready for the Times
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow
Last year, rootsy singer-guitarist Williams (US-born but now resident in the UK) teamed up with violinist Catlow (known for his...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2022
For One Touch
Jure Tori is one of Slovenia's most celebrated accordionists, known for hopping with enviable ease between jazz, classical, Gypsy and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2017
Oud for Palestine
Saied Silbak is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of London’s leading oud players and composers. His extensive musical vocabulary...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2026
Strings for Peace
Amjad Ali Khan, Sharon Isbin, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash
This is a pretty unusual jugalbandi, as they call it when two Indian soloists duet together. I don’t think there...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020
Festival Bell
Umpteen albums have come and gone since the original Fairport line-up started playing West Coast pop covers in 1967. As...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
Salt for Svanetia
This arty offering from the stupendous Moishe's Bagel, known for their intelligent reworkings of the traditional klezmer and Balkan canons,...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
A Drop for Neptune
A Drop for Neptune marks the debut album for Glasgow based six-piece TRIP, and it’s an album steeped in the...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2022
Revolt for Change
After his 2021 Top of the World album Diversity, Ebo Krdum has followed up with two albums for the royalty-free...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2023
