Reviews
Birds and Beasts: Music by Martyn Bennett & Fraser Fifield
Regarded as one of the most innovative Scottish musicians of his time on the back of albums such as 1998...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Tarrwaysin & Rrways: A Journey into the Realm of Amazigh Wandering Poet-Singers
Tarrwaysin & Rrways is a landmark collection of new performances of more than 50 itinerant Amazigh (Berber) poets and singers...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2021
The Rough Guide to Undiscovered World
The Rough Guide to Un dis cove red World is a showcase compilation. It is the CD companion to record...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2012
Death of the Prophet
Readers may be familiar with Parisian oud player Kamilya Jubran for her collaborative work with Swiss based trumpeter and electro-pioneer...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2020
Silsila – Oud Duets
Back in the 1960s, arguments raged as to whether a white man could really sing the blues, and the same...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2010
From Night to the Edge of Day
The birth of her first child inspired the Iranian-born Canadian resident Azam Ali to record an album of lullabies as...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Sanguis Meus, Mama!
Ilkka Heinonen Trio | Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L
You’ve got to admire the Finns. They revive one of the world's most unpromising instruments – the jouhikko, a rather...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Abale Ndikuwuzeni
Let's start by introducing Gasper Nali's instrument, which is known as a babatoni. Once seen, it's never forgotten. It is...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2016
Mundum Renovavit
The Dutch word windstreken can be translated as ‘points of the wind’ and ‘corners of the world’. The ensemble consists...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
