Reviews
B O D I E S
Berlin-based Australian singer-songwriter Kat Frankie leads an eight-member all-female a cappella vocal ensemble on this, the group’s debut self-titled album....
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2025
Radical Raptors
Roberto Zanisi is a well-known virtuoso on a variety of Eastern Mediterranean string instruments, like the bouzouki and cümbüş, with...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: April/2021
Year of the Clown
The album's title is a whimsical comment on the political lunacy of the past year and there is certainly an...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2017
The Art of the Mongolian Yatga
The yatga is a Mongolian zither (similar to a Chinese guzheng or Japanese koto), which Baasankhuu performs confidently upon, whether...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2015
Mysteries Unfold
Take a deep breath before playing Tassignon’s solo debut Mysteries Unfold, the waters run deep ahead. After several decades working...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2020
Sol Aurorae
Here Cypriot vocalist and percussionist Vassilis Philippou has put together an excellent first album, embedded firmly in the traditions of...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2021
Obi Agye Me Dofo
From the golden age of Ghanaian highlife, this rare album from 1977 is a bit of a gem. Hailing from...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
The Bird of a Thousand Voices
Tigran Hamasyan | Tigran Hamasyan & the Yerevan State Chamber Choir
Pianist and composer Hamasyan certainly has his admirers and his album Luys i Luso with the Yerevan State Chamber Choir...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2024
Nuevo Chamber
Born out of classical ‘jam sessions’ at a café in metropolitan San Francisco, The Musical Art Quintet developed their stylish...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2012
