Reviews
Abandoned
Abandoned is a cross-section from Iran’s vibrant and impressively imaginative ‘alternative’ music scene. ‘Bayāt-E-Fārsi’ by Bamdad Afshar is an example...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: June/2022
Direct-to-Disc Sessions
Islandman feat Okay Temiz and Muhlis Berberoğlu
As well as being a pioneer of Turkish folk-jazz who played with Don Cherry, percussionist Okay Temiz is revered for...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Anyankofo
Total Hip Replacement’s Anyankofo – a Fante word meaning ‘Friends’ – is an album about just that. This is a warm,...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: June/2022
30: Happy Returns
To celebrate 30 years as a performing musician Kate Rusby has selected songs from her 18 previous albums and recorded...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2022
Roots to Rise (Live)
Caught live in the hallowed acoustics of Michigan's fabled The Ark in Ann Arbor, this album by Celtgrass pioneers We...
Reviewed by Michrel Quinn in issue: December/2019
The Four Pillars
This multimedia project first began to take shape when musician, composer, producer and arranger Mike Vass, formerly with Malinky and...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2019
Back to Peru Vol II
Any illusion that it was only the US, UK and parts of Europe that properly embraced rock in the 1960s...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2010
Retratos Cinéticos
The appeal of the OrBlua trio rests mainly in their rawness. Retratos Cinéticos sounds like its recordings were merely an...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2015
Geminus
In a way you could say Mathis spent more than 20 years making this album – even though he eventually...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021
