Reviews
Lindo E’
Announced as “a trip to the past, present and future of marimba music”, Semblanzas del Río Guapi’s second album is...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2025
Nada Ananda
Simon Thacker & the Nava Rasa Ensemble
This disc brings together two composers – one British, one of Indian descent. Both have a taste for the eclectic,...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011
Watching the Well
Naim is a jazz label with an outstanding contemporary artist roster and a reputation for top-flight sound quality and production....
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011
Político
The Mexican Institute of Sound certainly know how to have a knees-up – in the pot of musical treats is...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Swaken
In the few years between the release of their 2020 debut album Nayda! and Swaken, this hotly anticipated follow-up, Bab...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2024
As I Open My Eyes
Khyam Allami's last recording, with his band Alif, featured some of the most innovative oud sounds yet heard. His radical...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2016
An Anthology of Mongolian Khöömii
This double CD is essential for anyone wishing to gain a balanced, comprehensive perspective of the many versions of overtone/undertone...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2017
For the Love of Tabla
North India’s favourite percussion instrument, the tabla, has always been relegated to being an accompaniment and it was the subservient,...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2022
Athar
The first few moments of Khaled Aljaramani's first solo album come as something of a blessed relief: the sound of...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
