Reviews
Atma (The Soul)
UK-based sitar player Roopa Panesar's latest album, Atma (meaning soul) is said to be ‘theperfect album for a troubled world.’...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: June/2023
Ville Veier
Erlend Viken Trio’s latest album, Ville Veier (Wild Ways), marks a dynamic return. Known for their improvisational flair rooted in...
Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: January/2025
World Ballads
This is the latest in Network’s usually excellent two-disc ‘longbox’ series. A decade or so ago, the similarly packaged Desert...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2010
Hope in an Empty City
Recorded in New York before the onset of COVID-19, this latest album by Egyptian/Australian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros is a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2021
Ferahnak
Bekir Sahin Baloglu & Nurullah Kanik
With the continuing activity of reissues of archival recordings and the increased circulation of musicians from Turkey, a CD like...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Gwo Ka: Music of Guadeloupe, West Indies
Many listeners may have been drawn to the exuberant, complex percussion found in Guadaloupe by Kassav’, the long-lived Paris-based band...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Cabinet of Curiosities
As amiable and unpretentious as they are hugely talented and entertaining, The Hut People are accordionist Sam Pirt and percussionist...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Astrakan Project: Inês
This latest release from Alves & Gourvil's Astrakan Project is an album of nine songs with an accompanying illustrated book...
Reviewed by Tutku Barbaros in issue: May/2019
The Rounder Records Story
The moral of the Rounder Records ‘story’ is that a record label devoted mostly to contemporary takes on traditional music...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2011
The Eastern Light
The Dardanelles are a five-piece, consisting of Tom Power on guitar, Matthew Byrne on vocals and bouzouki, Emilia Bartellas on...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2013
