Reviews
Djarimirri: Child of the Rainbow
The 2017 death of Aboriginal musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu at the age of 46 was a loss felt not only...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
The Fairest Flower of Womankind
A native of Montana, a graduate of Berklee College of Music and a traditional balladeer, Lindsay Straw infuses familiar and...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2017
The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan
Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour
The Shaigiya people claim lineage from the Arabian Peninsula but grew as a culture in Nubia. The music of the...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Where the Soul Never Dies
Mike Block is one of the bravest, most intriguing musicians on the American fusion scene. A cellist and member of...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2021
Kauai: The Arch of Heaven
Legendary American bassist and producer Bill Laswell is certainly no stranger to cross-cultural world music projects. His formidable production and...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2015
Songs from the River Wind
Singer-songwriter and activist Eliza Gilkyson follows up her politically charged 2020 release titled, poignantly enough, 2020, with a collection of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2022
Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts
Once in a while, an artist from the outside punches a dirty great hole through the usually impenetrable wall of...
Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Lady Sings the Balkan Blues
Mostar Sevdah Reunion are a Bosnian institution. Emerging out of the ruins of war-torn Bosnia in 1998, tending the traditions...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: March/2023
Thrace: The Paths of Dionysus
The Rodopi Ensemble, comprising violin, clarinet, kanun, assorted percussion and lute plus vocals, was formed during the 1990s in this...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: April/2019
Dance to the Full Moon
Invisible System is multi-instrumentalist and Frome resident Dan Harper, whose initial reputation was made via his Ethiopian fusion work, a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2020
