Reviews
Chamber Music
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal
This hypnotic masterpiece from the French label No Format is another fine example of the label’s penchant for putting musicians...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Bahía
Ana Carla Maza is a virtuoso Cuban composer, cellist and singer. Her latest album, Bahía, takes you on a spellbinding...
Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2022
Vitamia
Gianmaria Testa, moustachioed chan¬sonnier and former stationmaster, is a first-class Italian singer-songwriter. Five years have passed since his stunning Da...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2012
Taoba
A new group from the Solomon Islands, Kaumaakonga hail from the small southern isles of Mungava and Mungiki (jointly referred...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019
Work Harder and One Day You’ll Find Her
This gorgeous, melancholic and magical mini-album of eight songs, clocking in at around half the length of many of today’s...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010
A Bit Na Ta
George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna
An ambitious cross-cultural project between Australia and Papua New Guinea, A Bit Na Ta (The Source of the Sea) focuses...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017
History Has a Heartbeat
Joseph Tawadros with William Barton
Born in Cairo, Egypt and having emigrated to Australia aged three, Joseph Tawadros has done much to expand the boundaries...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2022
Poems from Szék
The Transylvanian village of Szék occupies an important place in the Hungarian folk tradition. It’s situated in Romania, but the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022
Northern Flyway
Birds have been companions, harbingers, auguries and symbols for humanity for millennia. We follow their song, their migrations, their flyways,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2018
