Reviews
Pannonian Songs
Andrea Rost is one of Hungary’s best-known opera singers, with an international career performing at opera houses from La Scala...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Acadian All Star Special
What a beautifully packaged project this is: a large box housing three CDs and a hardback book full of rare...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012
Far Out Presents: Friends From Rio Project 2014
Far Out are 20 years old this year and to celebrate they are releasing this, a continuation of the two...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
Revolt for Change
After his 2021 Top of the World album Diversity, Ebo Krdum has followed up with two albums for the royalty-free...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2023
Ascending
Amira Medunjanin & TrondheimSolistene
It's been 15 years since the exquisite Bosnian vocalist Amira first recorded on Mostar Sevdah Reunion's A Secret Gate and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2019
PAN Project
Taking their name from the Korean music-storytelling tradition pansori – meaning ‘to gather’ or ‘come together’ – PAN Project is a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2022
Dark Desert Night
Somewhat overwrought in its presentation, Dark Desert Night by 3hattrio, who consist of Greg Istock on vocals and acoustic bass,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Waltz for Better Times
Over the past two decades Matti Kallio has worked on more than 100 records, whether performing, producing or composing. He...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2018
Aheym: Homeward
Each member of this trio brings serious klezmer credentials with them. Merlin Shepherd's clarinet playing can also be heard with...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2016
RAAZ
Hooshyar Khayam & Bamdad Afshar
Like an intoxicated dream, the sounds of provincial Iran and the wider world warp and meld into a feverish blurring...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021
