Reviews
2017
Born near Gao in northern Mali, Gobi certainly has an arresting voice. Her high-pitched, nasal timbre slices mercilessly through the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara
For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
In Full Flight
Having taken a five– year gap between his first two albums and forced us to endure a three–year wait, no...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Apr/May/2010
Canti & Musica: Anthology of Profane Songs and Music
On Corsica the human voice reigns supreme, rooted in a polyphonic tradition revived on a wave of nationalism, the riacquistu...
Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Jazz and All That
You could treat the surprise success of the Sachal Studios Orchestra’s version of Dave Brubeck’s ‘Take Five’ either as a...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
I Will Not Stand Alone
Kayhan Kalhor & Ali Bahrami Fard
Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor is one of the world's most sublime musicians. If he's not a better-known name, it's...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2012
Round 2
From the first notes this sounds like Nobel Prize material, if the committee ever decided that making people dance deserved...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
In Good Company
Within the first couple of minutes of listening to the first track on In Good Company, bluegrass aficionados and banjo...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2012
Helsinki: Shangri-La
When was the last time you heard Finnish hip-hop? Been a while? Well, on the evidence of Paleface, you should...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Mu Dan Ting
This is an album for lovers of the flute – in this ease the transverse flute known as the dizi...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: June/2013
