Reviews
Lost in Mali
There has long been a suspicion that the world music we get to hear is only part of the story,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015
Avo Kanto
Barcelona Gypsy Balkan Orchestra
There's a very international line-up to this ‘orchestra,’ with membership hailing from geographically distant areas from Spain to Ukraine –...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2018
Window to the World
If anyone should record this ‘Tribute to Milton Nascimento’, then maybe it's this Grammy-nominated singer-pianist. ‘I was born into the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2022
Bennesbeh Labokra… Chou?
This is an interesting release – Ziad Rahbani is the son of Lebanon’s foremost diva, Fairuz, and her husband, Assi...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2021
Mazel Tov!
Klezmer comes in all shapes and sizes and this band is no exception – a group of Italian women with...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2016
Lunar Love
Mop Mop, an Italian instrumental quartet, released the very impressive Isle of Magic album back in 2013. There, they looked...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2016
Dark Wings of the Night
There's something dark and secretive about Finnish tango; that is its great attraction. Listen to archive recordings from the 40s...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Alone on a Hill
Katy Rose Bennett has been performing her Americana-tinged style of folk music for the best part of 20 years. She's...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021
Baladi Blues Reloaded
Baladi music lies at the root of Arab pop music. It's a popular Egyptian style that developed during the 1920s,...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Seinn
Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac
For lovers of traditional Nova Scotian folk music, it doesn't get much better than this collaboration between Scottish Gaelic singer...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: March/2013
