Reviews
Emergency of the Female Kind
Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles
Mixing amped up accordion with dynamic percussion, Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles are certainly bringing something new to the table....
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2023
Crossing Roots
Ralf Siedhoff & Manuel Delgado meet the Karnataka College of Percussion
Nineteen years ago, Spanish flamenco guitarist Manuel Delgado and German guitarist Ralf Siedhoff teamed up with South Indian Karnatic musicians...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: April/2020
Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Sounds
A few months after completing filming for yet another major musicological project, multi-instrumentalist-folklorist Mike Seeger discontinued treatment he had been...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2020
Vadhya Sunadha Pravaham
Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Mala Chandrashekar & Jaishree Jaira
It used to be unusual to come across new releases of Karnatic (South Indian) music because North Indian, or Hindustani...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Andy Irvine/Paul Brady
Not quite the first reissue as claimed by publicity (a 2008 CD having beaten it to the punch), but a...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2022
Ojos Cerrados
Flamenco guitarists are constantly seeking new approaches and settings. Andreas Arnold, born in Germany and now based in Spain and...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2016
Timbuktu Echoes
Imarhan Timbuktu, Dintchéré & Ousmane Ag Oumar
Not one but three different Touareg acts grace this release, which bypasses the CD format completely and is available only...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017
What Are We Trying to Say
Teesside-born husband-and-wife duo Stu and Debbie Hanna have racked up a dozen studio and live albums in a near 20-year...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2023
Seven Sisters
The Mediterranean Sea occupies a unique place geographically, historically and culturally. Currently it is an arena for some of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
La Samba Contemporain: Samba Recordings by CPC UMES, 1998-2007
‘E bom Cantar’ (It’s time? to sing) is just one of 36 versions of contemporary samba on this dedicated compilation...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
