Reviews
The Tinnitus Chorus
Canadian sound artist and producer Michael Scott Dawson has spent years battling with hearing problems. In the process of making...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: December/2024
Trepanation
If you haven't come across the Finnish label Aania before and you're interested in well-produced, well-performed interesting music with a...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2010
Kaleidophonica
There comes a point when every serious folk musician has to ask what their music's for. They are not the...
Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: March/2012
Partir
Swiss-Albanian singer Elina Duni's work until now has been with a jazz group, but her new offering is an entirely...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Horses
Country, and especially 70s country, is at the core of Tobacco City’s sound. The band, fronted by Lexi Goddard and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2025
Ravi Shankar: Sukanya
Ravi Shankar began writing his last major work when he was 90. An opera based on an ancient Sanskrit tale...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020
Blodeugerdd – Song of the Flowers
Remember Mary Hopkin? ‘Those Were the Days’ sold millions in the late 60s, but then she walked away from pop...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2010
Egypt: Vocal & Instrumental Art of the 19th Century
Aïcha Redouane & Al-Adwar Ensemble
This recording is probably aimed more at aficionados of Middle Eastern classical music than the casual listener, for the real...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
2017
Born near Gao in northern Mali, Gobi certainly has an arresting voice. Her high-pitched, nasal timbre slices mercilessly through the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
5ed Round
Ever thought that the Celts and the Arabs, or other Mediterranean people like the ancient Greeks, could be close relatives?...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2016
