Reviews
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
Jongando
The last time we had heard of Brazilian singer Catia Werneck she was following a common path within the country's...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2017
Hawaii to Calcutta: A Tribute to Tau Moe
Bhattacharya is an extraordinary musician. He may be best known for inventing the slide guitars that allow him to play...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2017
In the Key of Joy
Parental guidance: multitude of guest artists. The rapper Common, for example, (dis)graces the opening track on the venerable Mr Mendes'...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020
Tales of Indian Sarod
Pradeep Barot, Riccardo Battaglia, Federico Sanesi
Pradeep Barot studied under Annapurna Devi – a surbahar (bass sitar) virtuoso, daughter of the legendary Allauddin Khan and once...
Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: October/2017
The Greatest Day
There's never been any doubt that Jake Shimabukuro is a remarkable ukulele player. From his early success in Hawaii with...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019
Zay Freylekh!
The Russian klezmer band Dobranotch (Goodnight) are like a retro homage to the larger bands of the American klezmer revival...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2022
The Coast Road
Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe & Daniel Quayle
Boston-born fiddler Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe and bouzouki, guitar and piano player Daniel Quayle from the Isle of Man first began playing...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2022
