Reviews
Vårvindar Friska
Here are two musicians who discovered some sort of magic potion in a cellar in Stockholm when they played two...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2019
Music for Hope
Indian sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan has done a few collaborative recordings with musicians from other traditions – for instance...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023
Live in Lesotho
In December 1980 the African businessman Victor Maloi arranged a concert for Masekela and Miriam Makeba in Lesotho, a country...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020
Under Burning Skies
Breaking news: Souljazz Orchestra have discovered the synthesizer. But not in a bad way. After 15 years together, frequent tours,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2017
Last Leaf
The Danish String Quartet set a gold standard for a classical music ensemble in taking on the folk music of...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Magma
Taking inspiration from Mulatu Astatke and Fela Kuti, as well as traditional Western and Oriental music, this fourth album from...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: March/2022
The Movers Vol 1: 1970-1976
For a band that reportedly sold 500,000 copies of its debut album in 1970 and managed to break the colour...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2022
Los Duendes de la Marimba
This album was recorded in the house of the Torres family (keepers of the Torres dynasty, masters of Colombia’s Pacific...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2020
Ejdeha
Gordon Grdina is a guitarist and oud (lute) player with one foot in Vancouver and another in New York. Originally...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2018
