Reviews
The Medlars
As a four-piece playing informally at an English traditional wassail-singing session, The Medlars impressed me with the direct, welcoming performance...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2017
Ayahuasca: Música para Cine de Luis David Aguilar (1978-1983)
With little commercial appetite for avant-garde and classical music in Peru during the 70s and 80s, conservatory-trained composer Luis David...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2023
Mercury
Mercury marks Miller's third solo album, but it is her first of entirely original material. And a talented songwriter it...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Touch of Freedom
Exiled from his native Iran for a song denouncing the Islamic regime, Arya Aramnejad now makes his music in Stockholm....
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021
Oh Yeah Habibi
Google the word ‘Arabicana’ and you’ll either find restaurants in Dubai and Edinburgh or a musical style of the same...
Reviewed by Stan Rijven in issue: April/2016
The Spirit of God & Madness
In the publicity for this five-person string-and-vocal group, their home base — Vancouver, British Columbia — is credited as being...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2018
Cape Verde: An Archipelago of Music
The Ocora label specialises in field recordings of music from around the world. This release is a double CD of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2020
Maisha Ni Matamu
Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga
Although originating from the Congo in Central Africa, the singer Samba Mapangala is better known amongst Swahili-speaking East African fans...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2011
Balkan Brass Battle
Any visitor to the Guča festival will have witnessed the raucous spectacle of two sweat-soaked brass bands angrily trying to...
Reviewed by Joe Walker in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
