Reviews
Sikoses
The Nicosia-based trio Monsieur Doumani have returned with a truly sterling effort on their second album. It features reworkings of...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2015
No Land
Olivier Mellano, Brendan Perry & Bagad’ Cesson
Brendan Perry's voice is a deep, sonorous instrument that carries all before it: a strong tidal river without a shore....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2018
Raizes
As one of the UK’s most prolific Brazilian musicians, the percussionist Adriano Adewale has amassed an impressive list of credits...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2014
Jalilah's Raks Sharki: Stage Cuts
Raqs sharki - literally ‘Eastern dance’ but more commonly known as bellydance - is a thriving international scene. There's probably...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2014
Vangasay
A vangasay is a Type of mandarin orange from Madagascar and Vietnam, popular in the islands across the Indian Ocean...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020
Shimmer Gold
The second release from Estonian trio Trad.Attack! picks up where their debut left off. ‘Talgo’ opens ferociously with a pounding...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2017
Tides
A collaboration between LA rapper Eligh and Indian sarod player Alam Khan, Tides is the second such album from the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: January/2021
Al Mutamid de Sevilla
There are many excellent recordings of Arab-Andalusian music, including dozens on the label Pneuma, directed by the Spanish musicologist Eduardo...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2018
Opium Moon
This multi-talented group, comprising violinist Lily Haydn, santur (zither) player Hamid Saeidi, bassist Itai Disraeli and percussionist MB Gordy, have...
Reviewed by Marwan Shamiyeh in issue: November/2018
Tiga Tej Tibs
Dan Harper doesn’t heed conventional wisdom. You’re supposed to open an album with one of the strongest songs in your...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
