Reviews
Amanké Dionti
Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze
In the 60s everyone from Yehudi Menuhin to the Beatles wanted the sound of the Indian sitar on their records....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
He is #1
The Malawi Mouse Boys take their name from how they make their living when not playing music – selling mice...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012
Resilience
Musician, humanitarian and photographer Samite has dedicated his career to the exploration of the power of music as a healing...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2018
Al-hambra
Ahmed Mukhtar & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde
Baghdad-born Ahmed Mukhtar studied oud and Western percussion in London. On this album, inspired by a visit to Granada’s Alhambra...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2025
Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing
This is meditative music, created by a group of Japanese and Japan-based musicians playing Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean and Mongolian...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2024
To long, longing, I have longed for so long // Saltwater songs
Folk music speaks to the tradition of a place, and carries a deeply personal expression. Norwegian violinist Hannisdal is schooled...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: February/March/2026
Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia
Strictly speaking, Scandinavia consists of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, but compiler Tatiana Rucinska has opted here to defer to common...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2011
The Space Between
For their new inter-Celtic album, the five-piece Mabon, led by the accordion and voice of Jamie Smith, enlisted Jim Moray...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2016
Calypso Sound System
As the UK enjoys summer, as far as it can, it is clearly time for a reconnection with Trinidadian calypso....
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Luys i Luso
Tigran Hamasyan & the Yerevan State Chamber Choir
The supreme art form in Armenian culture is, I would argue, its ecclesiastical architecture. Those rugged churches with conical domes...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2015
