Reviews
Rûwâhîne
Perched somewhere between the industrial-noise soundscapes of Throbbing Gristle, grungy club beats and a fairly obscure Saharan healing ritual of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2017
Rise
A music teacher and luthier, as well as a songwriter based in Portsmouth and with roots in Merthyr, South Wales,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022
Hickory
There’s no denying that this album gets off to a flying start. The first two rollicking tunes fly along, sounding...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Egypt: Vocal & Instrumental Art of the 19th Century
Aïcha Redouane & Al-Adwar Ensemble
This recording is probably aimed more at aficionados of Middle Eastern classical music than the casual listener, for the real...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Jan/Feb/2010
Ol'Jansa
Olof Jönsson also known fondly as Ol'Jansa, was a Swedish flute player from Härjedalen in the centre of Sweden, born...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2018
Ghanashyam: A Broken Branch
This fascinating and eclectic work is the full version of Ravi Shankar's piece commissioned and first performed by Birmingham Touring...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2017
Bendewarî/İntizar/Longing
Sakina Teyna is a traditional singer who was born into a Kurdish family in Varto, a small town in the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2019
Mosawi Swiri
The youngest son of the late Mahmoud Gania, a Gnawa maalem (master) of singing and gimbri, the 23-year-old Houssam is...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019
Dedication to Sylvia Rexach
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Sylvia Rexach was the face of her island's first all-female combo, Las Damiselas, back in the 1950s....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
East Pakistan Sky
Following releases on Glitterbeat Records in 2019 and 2020, here is another outstanding recording from the Pakistani master surti singer...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: January/February/2022
