Reviews
Hemdem
Sinan Cem Eroglu & Muhlis Berberoglu
Hemdem means, literally, ‘breathe together’ and designates in Turkish one's best friend. But since dem also means ‘drone’ it could...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Hawaii to Calcutta: A Tribute to Tau Moe
Bhattacharya is an extraordinary musician. He may be best known for inventing the slide guitars that allow him to play...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2017
Jiangnan Sizhu Music
Two more Chinese virtuosi, another enjoyable record. The sizhu in the title refers to ‘silk and bamboo’, as in the...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Night Spirit Masters
Recorded live at night in the medina of Marrakech by Billy Youdelman using an Akai digital 12-track and produced by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022
Binari: Well Wishing Music
As those who have seen the group live know, Dulsori mix old and new, but they do so with authority,...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: June/2012
Disko Telegraf
Balkan Taksim are the latest act to push the Balkan sound into fresh and exciting Turkish territory, reminding one of...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2021
Ojos de Novia
Stating that Mor Karbasi is one of the most spellbinding contemporary singers in the world seems unnecessary. And that's exactly...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
It's Time
In 2002 the Red Hot + Riotcompilation album, which was an AIDS awareness release and tribute to the music of...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Victoria Hanna
Victoria Hanna was born into an ultra-Orthodox Jewish family deep in the heart of Jerusalem. On one side of the...
Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Chiaroscuro
Baird Hersey & Prana with Nexus
A collaboration on many levels, this album brings the innovative instrument-building skills of Garry Kvistad, the multiphonic singing abilities of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2016
