Reviews
Miyan ki Todi – Bombay 1968
The honorific Dagar is synonym¬ous with dhrupad, one of the world’s oldest classical vocal genres. Zia Mohiuddin, who died in...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Sonoridade Pólvora
Hailing from Bahia, Brazil, but brought to us by a Swedish record label, the singer-songwriter Ian Lasserre plies determinedly unassuming,...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: August/2017
Around the Crocodile Pond
Ba Balance are Danish blues-rock guitarist Preben Carlsen and West African percussionist Sal Dibba, and the title of this hard-rocking...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2021
Santa Plástica
Argentinian folk song has many modes reflecting the topographies and cultures whence it springs. The music of the French-based Caronni...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019
Assouf
It has been two decades since desert blues music first stepped onto the international stage, and although the world still...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/February/2022
Si Vita Si
If you're imagining Barbara Furtuna as a comely chanteuse from mainland France – perhaps you've spotted that Jacques Brel's ‘Song...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Apr/May/2014
5ed Round
Ever thought that the Celts and the Arabs, or other Mediterranean people like the ancient Greeks, could be close relatives?...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2016
Lawless, Winged & Unconfined
Clarinettist Merlin Shepherd, a central figure of the British klezmer crowd, presents us here with a new band, Hamsa, and...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: June/2017
The Twelve Pins
This instrumental trio of Peter Browne (accordion), Lucas González (guitar) and Robbie Harris (hand percussion) begin their first album with...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015
The Faux Paws
With a sound soaked in the contra dance and bluegrass tradition, The Faux Paws (brothers Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand and...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2021
