Reviews

Ex Oriente: Music by GI Gurdjieff

Gunter Herbig

In keeping with the teachings of GI Gurdjieff, the creation of Ex Oriente has been a long, non-linear journey. Gurdjieff...

Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

DanSando

Luísa Sobral

For her sixth album, Portuguese singer-songwriter Luísa Sobral wanted to release ‘an ode to life’ – a drop of medicine...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2022

Warato'o

Narasirato

Solomon Islands’ ensemble Narasirato may be panpipers, but forget any notion that this nine-piece group plays some sort of Melanesian...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2012

Homelands

Alyth

Homelands is Alyth McCormack's third solo album and a rather sweet and alluring work it is too. A mix of...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2015

DJ Lubi presents 100% Salsa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Hardcore salseros will be twirling for joy at the news of the release of 100% Salsa, a sprawling collection of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010

Soot

Boot

The fiddle-tune traditions of Scandinavia, Ireland and the US generally work their magic via simple tunes. Sometimes their simplicity is...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2010

Rhododendron

Topette!!

Topette!! are an Anglo-French dance band of great verve. It would be a curmudgeon of great resolve who could resist...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2019

Deaf and Dumb Blues

Mwezi Waq

Located in the Indian Ocean between Tanzania and Madagascar, the tiny Comoro islands represent one of the lesser-known outposts of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023

Issiktane

Sidi Abdallah

Sidi Abdallah’s name may be new but devotees of Touareg guitar music will be more than familiar with his father,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022

Build Me Up From Bones

Sarah Jarosz

The prolific, popular and talented Texas banjo player and singer Sarah Jarosz tries out a new sound on this, her...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: March/2014