Reviews
The Very Best of Jewish-Arab Song Treasures
An excellent collection of 15 tracks representing the most important names from the tradition of 20th-century Jewish North African popular...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2013
A Great Day For The Race
Flap! (yes, the exclamation mark is part of the band name) hail from Melbourne and were discovered by Marcus Britton...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
A Carousel for Fools
Dave Mather and Pete Robinson grew up together in and around Salford in the 60s but this is only their...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2015
One for the Pot
All music begins with the human voice, and The Teacups’ success is borne out of their trust in a pure...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014
Love Has Come for You
It’s interesting to ponder what the reception to this album would have been had it been released by a pair...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014
Ögbelerim – Music for My Ancestors
Batsükh Dorj comes from a continuous but little known and recorded tradition of Tuvan music in the far north west...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2023
Chapter I: Forever, For Now
Anoushka Shankar’s last significant release, Love Letters, released in 2020 on Mercury Classics, was a very personal collection of songs...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2023
Magic Nights
Fifty years after his debut LP, Christ Moore's latest solo offering sees the Irish icon trawling though his live back...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2020
For Tradition Turn to Nedunuri
These three discs comprise an entire concert performance by one of Karnatic music's greatest singers of the 20th century, Nedunuri...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2015
9 Deadly Sins For Tamada
One could hardly accuse Georgian singer-songwriter Tamada of lacking in ambition on this, his second album, which he organises around...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: November/2024
