Reviews
In the Name of the Rose
Dastan Ensemble with Hamid Motebassem & Salar Aghili
As one of the most innovative and prolific contemporary Iranian classical music ensembles to emerge since the early 90s, Dastan...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Marcos Valle JID003
Marcos Valle, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
More than half a century after recording the seminal Samba ’68 album for Verve, Marcos Valle’s love affair with black...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: October/2020
Areas of High Traffic
Yorkshire-based Ulsterman Damien O’Kane is a familiar name from his key role alongside his wife, Kate Rusby, in her band,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Gach Sgeul – Every Story
The four and a half years since Julie Fowlis’ last studio album, Uam, have been transformative for her. Now a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014
Quaranta
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Quaranta, CGS's new release, celebrates four decades of the group's existence. It is awe-inspiring, stirring and soulful; with an array...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2015
Buenosaurios: Leyendas de la Noche de los Tangos
Acho Estol y la Orquesta Moscas de Bar
Acho Estol is one of Argentina's leading contemporary tango lights, best known for his performances with his band La Chicana,...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Kwenge
Kareyce Fotso is an African renaissance woman. A bio–chemistry graduate with a diploma in broadcasting and photography, the Cameroonian singer...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Apr/May/2011
Malta's Lost Voices
Now that's what I call a CD set. A foot-tall board-encased booklet, shaped like an old gramophone loudspeaker trumpet, is...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2011
Ali
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
This is the second album Vieux Farka Touré has released as a tribute to his father Ali Farka Touré in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022
Corriente Vital: 10 Años
The last ten years seem to have passed as quickly as the pulsing beats in ‘Corre Lola Corre’ for Ojos...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2011
