Reviews
What are Those for Songs!
Otava Yo have existed since 2004 and are popular across much of the former Soviet Bloc. The six-piece are essentially...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2015
Music for an Elliptical Orbit
This is no album for fiddle-tune purists. The majority of its music explores the harmonic and textural effects that can...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2015
Variations for Piano and Sitar
Andrew Goldberg & Ricky Romain
Sitarist Ricky Romain has long been a stalwart of the South Asian music scene in the UK, working with musicians...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2023
Tulipunapalsami
Brelo | Sytyke | Vilma Timonen Quartet
The Finns are particularly good at reinventing their music and folk instruments – thanks largely to the work of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Real Music for Unreal Times: Vol 2
Limitations can spark creativity and the global lockdown necessitated by COVID-19 has been nothing if not a limit to musicians....
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Qin: Celestial Music for Qin and Xiao
The qin has a small but fanatical following, both in China and abroad. This is the seven-string zither that appears...
Reviewed by Rowan Pease in issue: March/2010
Pandemonium: The Essential Bellowhead
The bad news is that, after 11 years, the 11 members of the great English folk big-band Bellowhead are going...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Sketches of Ethiopia
What’s in a name? Well, the album’s two longest tracks, ‘Assosa Derache’ and ‘Motherland Abay’, both composed, arranged and produced...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Heart of the Congos
After failing to interest an international label when first released in 1977, Heart of the Congos has long been regarded...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/2017
Electric Taal Band
Daniel McLay is an inventive Canadian musician, composer and producer. He gained notoriety for cult chiptune project The J. Arthur...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024
