Reviews
Elif Sanchez
Singer Elif Sanchez grew up in Istanbul, before moving to the US to study jazz oboe and voice at Berklee...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2022
Two Beats One Soul
Of all the recent Cuban mash-ups, this fusion of Cuban and North American music comes with the most inflated publicity....
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2018
Bandázom
Ágnes Herczku is one of Hungary's best folk vocalists and has become even better-known since she's been a judge and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015
A l’Ombre des Mots
The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish inspired and collaborated with numerous musicians during his lifetime. The work he left has already...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2010
Air Fàir an Là
The follow-up to Niteworks' critically acclaimed debut album NW is a beautifully produced and exciting album with some fresh and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2018
Optimisme
‘Badala’, the opening track on Songhoy Blues’ third album, is rather alarming – which of course was the band’s intention....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2020
The Don Ca Tai Tu: Chamber Music of the Mekong Delta
In 2013 the southern Vietnamese chamber music genre don ca tai tu was officially recognised as intangible cultural heritage by...
Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: October/2014
Canta Cartola
Cartola was perhaps the most exhilarating of all samba songwriters. Not the kind of samba like the frantic dance...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Apikorsim/Heretics
From New York, The Klezmatics have been shaking up the klezmer and Yiddish music scene for 30 years now. So...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2016
Bes
Formed in 2012, the trio who make up the Dwarfs found themselves living in the same apartment building in Cairo's...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2016
