Reviews
Medicine
To get the full therapeutic benefit of Orchestra Gold's Medicine; it's best to play it loud. That way you experience...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2023
Aheym: Homeward
Each member of this trio brings serious klezmer credentials with them. Merlin Shepherd's clarinet playing can also be heard with...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2016
Strange Days
Former Transglobal Underground singer and BBC Radio 3 World Music Award winner Natacha Atlas is well known for combining electro-acoustic...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
Tewesta: Remembrance
On the surface there’s not a great deal to dislike about Tewesta (Remembrance), a new recording fronted by guitarist Girum...
Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Folk Awards 2010
Folk is a music built for hard times. So it’s entirely fitting that Show of Hands’ protest at recent outrages...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010
Enlighten the Night
Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat has recorded an impressive series of albums – solo, with her sister Marjan Vahdat and with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2020
Dub Me Tender Vols 1 & 2
The dub remix is a tricky thing to pull off. If you're trying to replicate the soupy yet cavernous sound...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2012
Ommadawn
Examples of world music before it was called world music keep turning up in the most unlikely places, and here’s...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Leave the Bones
The pairing of Haitian ensemble Lakou Mizik and Grammy-winning electro wiz Joseph Ray is unlikely, sure, but only on paper....
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2021
