Reviews
With Love
Egyptian-born Omar Khorshid was one of the finest guitarists in the Arab world, accompanying the likes of Oum Kalthoum at...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2021
Street Clan
It's difficult to know exactly what to make of Street Clan, Invisible System's second album, as it's overall such a...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2011
The Spirit of God & Madness
In the publicity for this five-person string-and-vocal group, their home base — Vancouver, British Columbia — is credited as being...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2018
Landscape Traces: New Music For Khaen, Vol Two
The khaen is a bamboo free-reed mouth organ played by ethnic Laotians in Laos and Northeast Thailand. Performed solo, or...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: June/2023
Scuru Cauru
Scuru Cauru, Crimi's second album, kicks off with the bubbling of a water pipe and a vague background ditty suggestive...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2023
Jól Élünk (We Have a Pretty Good Life)
This is the debut recording of a pretty new Hungarian band who were one of the local highlights of 2022’s...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024
Schoonertown
The curse of the music journalist is that sometimes you just can’t find the words to write about your favourite...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: April/2026
Plays Tanz! Live in New York City
Michael Winograd is one of the great klezmer clarinettists of our time – and his previous albums have received strong...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: February/March/2026
While Rome Burns
In last year's referendum, Scotland voted to remain in the European Union, and the title of Scottish-based trio Bellevue Rendezvous’...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: August/2017
Postcards and Pocketbooks: The Best of Bella Hardy
With a career stretching back to her early teens as a member of The Pack, a 12-piece that graced the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
