Reviews
Salam
Like Al Andaluz Project's first collection of Sephardic songs, this album is dogged and literal, breathing the air of the...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: Apr/May/2014
Mabagwe: A Tribute to ‘Los Mayores’
Choral music often raises a question: is it for listening to or for singing along with? This homage to their...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018
Between the Shadow and the Soul
Violinist Anna Phoebe is a rock and commercial music veteran best known as a member of progressive rock outfit Trans-Siberian...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
The Klezmer Shul Live!
Veretski Pass are a trio of top American klezmer musicians – Cookie Segelstein on violin, Joshua Horowitz on accordion and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2012
Blue Maqams
This is a gently exquisite album, in which the finest and most innovative oud (lute) player and composer in Tunisia...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Kill Me or Negotiate
Egyptian vocalist and trumpeter Abdullah Miniawy and French electronicist Simo Cell have been collaborating for just over two years, tinkering...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2021
Arañando el Alma
Here is an international and intergenerational demonstration of the living art of flamenco, pairing mature intensity with youthful enthusiasm. A...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2018
Le Bonhomme Sept Heures: The Bonesetter
Grosse Isle, the island in the St Lawrence River in Québec, was famously an immigration/quarantine depot for Irish immigrants escaping...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Méditerranées
Luxury liners take a similar route – from the Rock to the Bosphorus, skirting the coasts of Spain, France, Italy,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2011
Le Mississippi
This double CD comes with extensive notes (in French and English), providing a broad contemporary overview of roots music along...
Reviewed by Garth Carthwright in issue: Apr/May/2015
