Reviews
Meus Quintais
Although she was a key player in the nascent tropicália movement, Maria Bethânia Viana Telles Veloso trod a more conventional...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2015
Afghan Rubab with Songbirds
Rahim Khushnawaz (c1947-2011) was one of the great rubab players of Afghanistan. But he comes from Herat rather than Kabul,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2016
The Mutiny
If there is a word that sums up this collective founded in Cambridge by husband-and-wife duo Joel Clayton (guitar and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2012
Read the Sky
Oysterband have had an impressive history, and they are certainly not finished yet. This is the 12th studio album, the...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2022
Melodic Melange
Anders Hagberg & Ahmad Al Khatib
Ahmad Al Khatib's last CD, Sabîl, was one of the most impressive solo oud recordings to have appeared in recent...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2015
African Scream Contest 2
It's been a decade since the release of the first African Scream Contest compilation. Much like that fascinating collection of...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2018
Taverne, Café Amán e Tekés
Orchestra Bailam have been around since 1989, with a respectable backlist discography still available. The core group of five guys...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Nomad Songs
For his 21st ECM album, Stephan Micus employs no fewer than nine instruments from different cultures, but focuses principally on...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: October/2015
Resistance
The hard-hitting sextet from Ottawa struts its stuff again. It may be the band's first all-vocal album and there may...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2015
Juno Concerto
When writing compositions dedicated to a child, artists have to be careful not to cross the line into sentimentality. The...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2017
