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Review of Sur Sangeet

Sur Sangeet

Dildar Hussain Khan & Abrar Hussain Khan

Kanaga System Krush Records

Rating: ★★★

It's unlikely that readers will know the name Dildar Hussain Khan, although many will have heard him as the accompanying...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Music from Romania

Music from Romania

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Caprice Records

Rating: ★★

These recordings were made by the celebrated musicologist Deben Bhattacharya in 1965, the year Nicolae Ceauşescu came to power. It...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2014

Review of Murshidi and Sufi Songs: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya

Murshidi and Sufi Songs: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya

Various Artists

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★★

These are some of the last recordings made by celebrated musicologist Deben Bhattacharya (pictured above, left) in February 2001, shortly...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Svängo Nuevo

Svängo Nuevo

Sväng

Galileo

Rating: ★★★★

Even after 20 years of playing together, the Finnish harmonica quartet Sväng still hold a unique voice in the landscape...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2024

Review of Chain of Light

Chain of Light

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

By any measure this is a huge event, 27 years after his death we have the release of four newly...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2024

Review of Looking Glass

Looking Glass

Fay Hield

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fay Hield is the first new signing to Topic Records for a decade. Topic is the oldest independent label in...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Beyond Istanbul II: Urban Sounds of Turkey

Beyond Istanbul II: Urban Sounds of Turkey

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trikont US0398

Rating: ★★★★

Ipek Ipekçiolu has done it again. Her well-programmed selection leads the listener through a dreamy path of discovery, with fun...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: March/2010

Review of Arka’k Su

Arka’k Su

Kurash Sultan

Caprice Records

Rating: ★★★

Here’s another beautiful produc¬tion from the Caprice label and the Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research. Kurash Sultan...

Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Siparia to Soweto

Siparia to Soweto

Hugh Masekela & Siparia Deltones

Top of the World

Gallo/Monk Music

Rating: ★★★★

Hugh Masekela first heard the Trinidadian steel pan orchestra the Siparia Deltones when they were opening act at the inaugural...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024

Review of In Which

In Which

The Teacups

Haystack Records

Rating: ★★★

Alex Cumming, Kate Locksley, Rosie Calvert and Will Finn met in 2010 on the Folk and Traditional Music degree course...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021

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