Reviews
Two Strings
Jake Shulman-Ment & Abigale Reisman
It's uncommon to have two violins in a klezmer band; more frequently, one violin vies with clarinet and other solo...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: September/2025
The Art of the Chinese Xiao & Hulusi
Led by composer/arranger Li Jiang, Heart of the Dragon Ensemble is a UK-based collective of Chinese instrumentalists, known for their...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2022
Y’Y
Those who have been to the Amazon find it deeply affecting, coming away with a desire to contribute in some...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: March/2024
Migrant Voices
Migrant Voices is a collaboration between two immigrants to Canada who discovered each other through the global music scene in...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2024
Révület
Miklós Both Folkside | Róbert Lakatos és a Rév
These two discs represent new approaches to Hungarian folk by leading figures on the Budapest scene. Slovak-born and classically trained,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014
Sabroso Mambo
75-year-old conguero Robin Jones is a Latin music institution – and, indeed, a London one. When not beating the skins...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2011
Django’s Spirit
The music Django Reinhardt recorded between 1933 and his death in 1953 has always been filed under jazz. Had the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2010
Kijombo
One might start by pointing out that the musicianship on this recording, the second from this joint Dominican and New...
Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: April/2020
