Reviews
Neighbourhood
Floating Sofa Quartet are a pan-Scandinavian instrumental group hailing from Sweden, Denmark and Finland. In this second album, they've focused...
Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: March/2019
Jagged Land
Brothers Cory and Yann Seznec have been playing music together for some 20 years, despite the fact that Cory lives...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2013
Grandmother’s Dance
Ahmad al Khatib’s 2012 album Sabîl was one of the most exciting oud (Arab lute) recordings in recent years. His...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
On The Move
Firstly (as he must surely be heartily sick of hearing by now), this Colin Farrell is not the famously rowdy...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Journey
Herbie Hancock was reputedly knocked out by Benin-born Lionel Loueke's guitar playing. It is indeed something special. On ‘Guira’, he...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2019
Plays Vasco Martins
Bau has been a behind-the-scenes stalwart of Cape Verdean music ever since Cesaria Evora first put the islands on the...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013
Warm Heart, Cold Steel
Mr Bongo’s label is internationally known for its exposure of new Brazilian singers, classic reissues and hit remixes, so it’s...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: March/2010
Smile of Sun: Folk Music from Lorestan
Lorestan is an area of western Iran with its own language and culture; it's a region celebrated for its kamancheh...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2014
Dožam
With the rise in the number of female music graduates over the past couple of decades in Iran – where...
Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: February/March/2025
