Reviews
Delhi to Damascus
This album is predicated on the idea that by changing just a few elements of a musical style or tradition...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2020
Arabesque
Spotted a few years ago by producer Mark Ronson to record a cover of ‘Uptown Funk’ at Abbey Road, the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2022
Yonder Green Grove
The four women who make up The Norfolk Broads first met in the alto section of the Trad Academy Sea...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2022
Aheym: Homeward
Each member of this trio brings serious klezmer credentials with them. Merlin Shepherd's clarinet playing can also be heard with...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2016
Falling
The Fire Doves, a UK duo consisting of the two singers Sebastiana Black and Birgitta Campbell, one playing accordion and...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2018
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
The Rough Guide to the Music of Eastern Europe
In their heyday, the Rough Guide CDs were superb overviews of the music of a particular country or region. Now,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2019
Sunda Country: The Art of the Gamelan Degung
Gamelan degung is one of the smaller types of gamelan ensembles. This disc, recorded between 1972 and 1973, features two...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2016
The King of Ramps (The Music of Melvin Wine)
Old-time fiddler and banjo player Ben Townsend pays homage to a revered master of West Virginia fiddling, Melvin Wine, on...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2021
People of the Sun
Anthony Joseph was raised in Trinidad, shifted to London and has, over recent decades, made a name for himself as...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018
