Reviews
Galactic Gala
Mixing century-old traditional vocals with the latest sonic technology has always been an attractive yet dangerous musical venture. More often...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2020
Ngā Mata o te Ariki Tāwhirimātea
After growing up singing with her mother and aunties, award-winning Māori vocalist Maisey Rika began performing professionally at age 13....
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2021
Seed
Edinburgh-based harpist Fiona Rutherford presents a beautifully composed listening experience with her latest release Seed. A fine mix of classical...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2023
The Fade in Time
Sam Lee has wandered throughout the UK and Ireland learning songs, and how to sing them, from travellers and Gypsies,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2015
Narrante
Golfam Khayam & Mona Matbou Riahi
This album was simultaneously released in Iran on Hermes Records and internationally on ECM. Both of these are ‘connoisseur’ labels...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2016
twelvemonth and a day
Based in Columbus, Georgia, this sextet boasts three professors, a music academy director, doctoral candidate and orchestra executive in its...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2022
Vilda Rosor
The photo of Maria Kalaniemi in the CD booklet tells you exactly what this recording is like. The Finnish queen...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2011
The Master
Warren Cuccurullo & Ustad Sultan Khan
The West has been actively seeking out musical meetings with the East ever since Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Quoi D’Autre?
Karima Nayt is an Algerian dancer and singer whose peripatetic CV seems to have taken her to Sweden, where she...
Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Karsilama
From a Turkish word meaning ‘meeting’ or ‘welcome’ comes the title of this resolutely acoustic album. The trio, based on...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2019
