Reviews
Dos Medinas Blancas
The two white medinas of this album's title are Zaragoza and Fes, the home towns of established singer-songwriter Carmen Paris...
Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: April/2018
A Parulluccia
Alba emerged from the rebirth of Corsican music at the end of the 20th century, honouring the distinctive polyphony of...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: June/2018
If He Dies, If If If If If If
Not so much a group as a multi-media project, Jerusalem in My Heart consist of Lebanon-born Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016
All in Always
Most records represent a step forward, or sideways, away from their predecessors. With All in Always, Laura Cortese has made...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2017
Feyzullah Çinar Eserleri 1
If there’s any Turkish record label going to pay tribute to the Alevi-Bektaşi minstrel Feyzullah Çinar then it’s got to...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2024
Radio Lusaka
Alick Nkhata was a World War Two veteran, a freedom fighter against colonialism, a singer-musician who led the Lusaka Radio...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2025
Corbeau
A youthful trio from Prince Edward Island, Jesse Périard (guitar and banjo), Caleb Gallant (cajon, bodhrán and djembé), and Rowen...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2015
Katta ame aava? (Where Do We Come From?)
Finland has a small Roma community and a tango scene – both the music and the dance. So much so...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018
Oud Classics from Armenia, the Balkans & Middle East
If you are someone who is slightly unsure about Middle Eastern music but would like to dip your toe into...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: May/2020
