Reviews
Una Oportunidad Más de Triunfar en la Vida
The tireless and protean Eblis Álvarez is back in another form. The Meridian Brothers artist hitches up with Mario Galeano...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025
Gatherings
John Smith is best experienced live, which is just as well, as he often spends 200 days of the year...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2026
Sheear
Not long ago, UNESCO was forced to change its classification of the Manx language from ‘extinct’ following protests from some...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015
Anthology of Kurdish Hymns
This album is more interesting for the repertoire than for its music. Kalan has always prided itself in releasing recordings...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2013
Aavartan – Dawn to Dusk
Kala Ramnath is both a traditionalist and an experimentalist in the Indian classical tradition. She is also quite simply one...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Meet Me at Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras in Louisiana is one of the world’s great public celebrations. The Cajuns have their own country Mardi Gras...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2012
Schodsbergs Notebok
Jorun Marie Kvernberg & Øyvind Sandum | Sandén-Warg, Berglund, Rydberg, Lund, Gorset & Claeson
The Nordic countries have been assiduous in collecting and codifying their folk music, and these two recordings show two different...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Benin – Yoruba Music
This is a double CD of field recordings made in 1958, 1969 and between 1996 and 1999, lavishly pre¬sented like...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2012
Akal
Tarwa N-Tiniri were born in Ouarzazate, Morocco’s ‘door of the desert’ and Akal marks their second album. Its title translates...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2024
Polyphonies of Georgia
The Ensemble Marani are an exceptionally good Georgian male-voice choir based in Paris. The 12-strong group includes members of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
