Reviews
El Aleph/Electroacustica
About 20 years ago – as a new cultural nationalism swept through Argentina – tango became cool again, emerging from...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2021
Tiny Notes
If there's healing in song, then The Young’uns are performing some kind of mental health service for their nation. The...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2023
From Blues to Rembetika
Mark T is a British blues musician and, listening to the several live tunes included on From Blues to Rembetika,...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Karkadé
Egyptian-born Mohamed Abozekry is the latest in an illustrious line of oud players from the Arab world who have graced...
Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
King Papaya
Accordionist, keyboard player and multi– instrumentalist Koby Israelite has produced a CD of startling grotesquerie. A grim, obsessive figuration on...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2010
Tides of Times
Since their formation in Kolkata in 2006, Gharana have waged a guerilla campaign to bring their Indo-rock fusion to a...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2021
The Life & Times of James ‘The Rooster’ Corcoran’
Vincent Cross is a descendent of Irish gang leader James Corcoran, who left Dublin for New York in 1844, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2020
Asmara
Jazz trumpeter Hermon Mehari is a Kansas City native based in Paris, but his third album, Asmara, is a reflection...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2023
Uvjamuohta / Powder Snow
I pull a CD from my shelves and check the date: 2002. I remember being captivated by this album, In...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2022
