Reviews
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
For the Love of Tabla
North India’s favourite percussion instrument, the tabla, has always been relegated to being an accompaniment and it was the subservient,...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2022
Les Égarés
Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Émile Parisien, Vincent Peirani
One has come to expect excellence and refinement from Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal. The Malian-French duo explore a unique...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: May/2023
An Introduction to John Tams
The seventh in Topic's Introducing series, this a welcome survey of John Tams' solo work alongside two prime cuts from...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Carretero
Cándido Fabré has proved himself time and again to be one of Cuba's best living soneros. He first attracted...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Párhuzamok és Kontrasztok
Amazingly Muzsikás' last record, The Bartók Album, came out in 1998 and was a Top of the World in #1....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
Athar
The first few moments of Khaled Aljaramani's first solo album come as something of a blessed relief: the sound of...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Sur Sangeet
Dildar Hussain Khan & Abrar Hussain Khan
It's unlikely that readers will know the name Dildar Hussain Khan, although many will have heard him as the accompanying...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Beyond Breath
The liner notes that come with the CD claim this is ‘Indo-Baroque meets alt-folk minimalism.’ The ‘Indo’ of this description...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2021
