Reviews

Kohesia

Kate Pass

Kohesia provides an unlikely connection between Perth and Persia. Inspired by ex-pat Iranian musicians such as vocalist Tara Tiba, Australian...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2018

Yumi Kagura

Shigeo Tanaka

Kagura is an ancient form of Japanese Shinto sacred music and dance, which accompanies the ritual chanting of mythological tales....

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

The Magnolia Sessions

Lost Dog Street Band

Each month from September 2020 until May 2021, the first season of The Magnolia Sessions delivered a new session recorded...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2021

Revolve

La Cherga

La Cherga are part of a new breed of Balkan music that, while staying faithful to their musical traditions, have...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Sublime Ragas

Kartik Seshadri

A foremost protégé of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, Kartik Seshadri has very rapidly emerged as one of the world's best...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2012

Gandhi

Rão Kyao

Rão Kyao was actually born João Gorjão Jorge and was a key figure in the local Portuguese jazz scene in...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2021

Portrait

María Volonté

Well established and widely respected in her native Argentina, María Volonté is largely unknown in Europe. This, her European debut,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2011

Amulette

Amira

Tim Cumming tells the story of Amira recording ‘Bele Ruže’, the Saban Bajramović song that opens this album in his...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Live at the Floodgate

Dan Walsh

Pulling off a live album can be tricky; the sound can be inferior to a studio record and it is...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: January/February/2022

La Route Intérieure

L’Attirail

For 20 years, producer, composer and instrumentalist Xavier Demerliac has been creating concept albums as L’Attirail. His records are influenced...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015