Reviews
Rock the Tabla
It's the Egyptian tabla that's the one presented here: the single-skinned goblet drum, aka darbuka, dumbek, among its many names....
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Seventh Heaven
Taichmania are an Israeli fusion group headed by multi-instrumentalist and composer Yaniv Taichman. Seventh Heaven, their debut, gives the occasional...
Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: December/2019
Titik Api
Harry Roesli was a political and social activist and prominent member of the tradisi baru (new tradition) Indonesian artists who...
Reviewed by Andy Channing in issue: October/2020
Romeo & Leila
After the success of her critically acclaimed album of last year, Ghalia Benali Sings Oum Kalthoum, her 2006 album Romeo...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Bless Up
The veteran Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin helped to give birth to reggae, playing on early recordings that defined the genre...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Inner Indian
This is a duo with a difference: Nicola Hayes is an Australian fiddler who has settled in Brittany and teamed...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2017
Mirrored Daughters
The record label describes Mirrored Daughters as “lo-fi folk-pop and explorative woodland meditations”, which sums it up quite neatly. Melodic...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2025
Here & There
Folk guitar virtuoso and music professor Dimitris Mystakidis started playing professionally as a 16-year-old in Thessaloniki, inspired by his mother's...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
The Trance of Seven Colors
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders
The mystical Sufi music of the Moroccan Gnawa people has long been a source of fascination for jazz musicians attracted...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2020
