Reviews
The Essential AR Rahman
If the bansuri (flute) is his magic wand then the symphonic orchestra is his playground. The seamlessness with which AR...
Reviewed by Rafay Mahmood in issue: June/2018
Classics of My Soul
Like his compatriot Bonga, Waldemar Bastos is an Angolan in exile – living in Portugal after fleeing his homeland when...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
Sea Song Sessions
Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter
All aboard with the salty crew of Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman and Jack Rutter, launching the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022
Âwât
Having met in Marseille in 2016, Shadi Fathi (setar and shurangiz) and Bijan Chemirani (zarb, daf, percussion) have cultivated a...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: August/September/2022
Connection
The Maghreban, aka Ayman Rostom, is a Guildford native with Egyptian and Saudi roots. This is the second album from...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2022
El Mirador
Since their first album 25 years ago, the duo of Joey Burns and John Convertino have carved out a niche...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022
Georgia: Sacred & Secular Vocal Polyphony
Georgian polyphony is one of the most glorious sounds in the world – a dozen or so singers (usually male)...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2012
Wild Blue Yonder
The knowingly kitsch cover says it all really: a trio of country musicians aboard a covered wagon, flying like Santa's...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2016
Shouka
There hasn’t been much news from the Western Sahara recently. But all is not quiet on the Western front. Shouka...
Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams
What’s appealingly apparent in the opening moments of this album’s first track, recorded 91 years ago, is that the instrument...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: May/2018
