Reviews
Dabke: Sounds of the Syrian Houran
One suspects there isn’t a lot of dancing going on in Syria just now. But anyone who, in happier times,...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2013
Igrali se Konji Vrani: Black Horses Romped
The Serbian group of female singers led by Svetlana Spajić is probably the best known and undoubtedly the most prolific...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2020
Sanctuary
Sanctuary opens with ‘When Will We Find?’, a song that asks desperate and universal questions: when will we find love,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2016
Greater Jamaica
Producer Duke Reid's compilation advertises ‘Reggay at its best’ – that's reggae circa 1969, as connoisseurs will note from the...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Harmonograph
A big welcome back to Sam Carter and Jim Moray, whose debut album under the guise of False Lights, Salvor,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2018
Between Us…
Anoushka Shankar & Metropole Orkest with Jules Buckley & Manu Delago
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar here joins forces with the Netherlands-based Metropole Orkest and handpan performer Manu Delago on a purely instrumental...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/September/2022
Kamalamba
Raphaëlle Brochet & Philippe Aerts
Stripping back an arrangement to just bass and voice can make for a spellbinding moment of intimacy. Kamalamba is an...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2018
Nādī
Over a series of impressive solo albums, the guitarist Guy Buttery has established himself as a major force in South...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020
I Dreamt I Was a Bird
The Derby folk singer's third album follows the politically engaged Single Flame and builds on the traditional and original songs...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2015
The Holy Coming of the Storm
A musical duo that met in Seattle just a year and a half ago, Morrison and West have quickly formed...
Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: July/2011
