Reviews

Peru: Folklore and Mythology

VARIOUS ARTISTS

There is something quite bizarre about the presentation of these field recordings, made in Lima, Puno, Cuzco, Ay a cucho...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Decade: The Best of Lau 2007-2017

Lau

How can one possibly put together a compilation of the most exciting, musically adventurous trio in British folk without leaving...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2017

Peacock

Dr L Subramaniam & Roby Lakatos

The meeting of two virtuoso violinists from different genres is always interesting. Roby Lakatos is from a long dynasty of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020

An Introduction to Nic Jones

Nic Jones

Topic Records, 80 this year, asked Nic Jones to compile a selection of his work to add to their An...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2019

Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project

Aaron Jonah Lewis

Aaron Jonah Lewis' 24-song tribute to the legendary British banjo player and composer Joe Morley (1867-1937) is a fascinating dive...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020

Turkey on the Edge (Soundtrack)

OME

Turkey, ruled since 2002 by an increasingly autocratic Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, experienced an unsuccessful military coup on July 15 2016....

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: May/2018

RELAY, Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

There are good reasons to buy this album, via Bandcamp, at the price of your choosing, because all proceeds are...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Dilhayat Kalfa: Eserleri Classics

Lale Kadınlar Topluluğu

As well as being a composer of distinction and an instrumentalist in the Ottoman court at the beginning of the...

Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: May/2018

Tabla Jugalbandi for Ustad Shamsuddin Khan’s Punyatithi, 1968

Shashi Bellare & Ravi Bellare

This is a very rare private recording from 1968, featuring two percussion maestros of yesteryear, the twins Shashi (who died...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2012

Take a Knife and Open My Heart

VARIOUS ARTISTS

We've not returned to the golden age of vinyl, but we have entered the age of the collectible object of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2019