Reviews
Imbarca
Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra
Barcelona is famous as a music city largely for the rumba flamenco (or rumba catalana) sound of Peret and the...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2015
Reggae Mandela
In the 1980s, reggae singers began issuing songs either damning South Africa's apartheid government or praising the then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2019
Melodic Melange
Anders Hagberg & Ahmad Al Khatib
Ahmad Al Khatib's last CD, Sabîl, was one of the most impressive solo oud recordings to have appeared in recent...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2015
Adeline
John Showman, Chris Coole, Adrian Gross, Sam Allison, Mark Kilianski
Last March, a quintet of old-timey/bluegrass/Americana string specialists gathered at a cottage on the shores of Beaver Lake in the...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2021
Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970
The latest compilation from Seattle-based Sublime Frequencies is a dizzying double whammy of obscurities and information. Documenting the 60s rock...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: June/2013
Kiriki Club
A Birmingham-based sextet with backgrounds as various as clowning, dance, theatre and live art (hence a name inspired by Les...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2021
Song of Lahore
It's sad that the conductor of The Sachal Ensemble, Najat Ali, still feels it necessary to state that ‘we will...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Flight on Light
‘New Age’ and ‘tranquil’ are the first words that come to mind in describing this disc from Greek clarinetist Manos...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Studio One Showcase
Clement Dodd (1932-2004), founder of Studio One, pioneer of the Kingston sound systems, master producer and talent scout, recorded more...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2016
Pura Vida (Banda Sonora)
Mísia was integral to the new wave of fadistas in the 1990s, helping to revitalise the genre with new influences,...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: December/2019
