Reviews
Wild Green
This London-based group have blended their atypical instrumentation of clarinet, percussion, violin and cello to engaging effect on two previous...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2025
North India: Sangeet Trio in Concert
This live recording of ‘Raga Jog’, made in Paris in 1995, brought together for the first time three fascinating representatives...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Coti Coti
How much sax can you take? Anyone working in the vicinity of a tireless one-hit busker or being driven by...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2021
Salhi
Imed Alibi, Mounir Troudi & Michel Marre
Imed Alibi is a France-based Tunisian percussionist who likes to take risks. His 2015 debut, Safar, saw him playing alongside...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2018
Bem-Ti-Vi
Nelson da Rabeca, Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Celio de Carvalho & Dona Benedita
The rabeca is a rustic variant on the violin, with a deep, dry tone. After seeing one on TV at...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Hour of Solitude
Blue Mantra Rhymes is the brainchild of Ed Cooke, an English ex-pat living and working in Thailand. A number of...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2022
Séga Ravanne
This is the latest re-release from Ocora's extensive catalogue of field recordings from around the world, stretching back 60 years....
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2017
2
When they recorded their first album, the American-Irish supergroup had no idea it would be so successful. Their five-night string...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2016
Solos
Accordionist Markku Lepistö grew up immersed in the folk traditions of the region around Finland's Lake Kuortane and, encouraged by...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2018
In D
After their extraordinary recording of Terry Riley's In C in 2017, the eclectic New York-based collective known as BRM follow...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2021
