Reviews
Feast Frost Bites
Pauls Hutchinson and Sartin return with a festive offering of carols and tunes to see us through yuletide. The result...
Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Couteau / Haute Forme
Super Parquet command the confluence of Auvergnat folk, art and club music, creating their own unique sound flow. This follow-up...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2022
SUBHA
Sitar player Roopa Panesar is certainly one of the most important musicians to have emerged in the British Asian diaspora...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2022
The Art of Improvisation
One of the essential resources for Indian classical music is The Raga Guide, published in 1999 by Nimbus Records. It...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2011
Horizon Unlimited
There’s no question that the world needed this beloved 1979 album by Nigeria’s twin Lijadu Sisters back in the spotlight....
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: November/2024
Goldenwings
In #197, I reviewed a reissue of Opa’s abortive first album. With Airto Moreira, the Uruguayan Fattoruso brothers re-recorded for...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2024
Soma
The Belfast uilleann piper John McSherry sprang to fame with the band Tamalin in the 1990s, before moving on to...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2010
Gi Mi Pols!
Having each been raised in distinct traditions within the Røros region of central Norway, Ole Jorgen Tamnes in the Brekken...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2012
The Rounder Records Story
The moral of the Rounder Records ‘story’ is that a record label devoted mostly to contemporary takes on traditional music...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2011
