Reviews
Snow Flower
A gently plucked lilting waltz played on the Tibetan dranyen lute by Tenzin Choegyal begins the title-track. Sung in a...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2025
Sim
There are two great regional fado traditions. The more popular comes from Lisbon and includes pretty much every artist known...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2018
Marzipan
Habibi Funk continues to deliver on its promise of rare, sometimes vintage, always interesting gems from the Arab world. The...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2023
Solo & Indrė
Cross-cultural kora and string collaborations have been rather in vogue for the last couple of years, and for good reason:...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
Peru: Music of the Awajún and Wampis Amazonia, Cenepa Valley
Assessing an album of 36 brief pieces of music from small Amazonian settlements in Peru is a challenging task. The...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
We Happy Few
Accomplished instrumentalists Ford Collier (guitars, whistles, percussion and vocals) and Alex Garden (fiddle, percussion and vocals) have been playing together...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2017
Chicago Barn Dance
It's safe to say that every country music fan has heard of the Grand Ole Opry. What few people know...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2020
Hlywing
After working with the likes of Ashley Hutchings and Rufus Wainwight, Ruth Angell finally records her debut solo album, and...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2023
Rişar & Kupa 4
These songs stem from a perilous time in Turkish history when ethnic strife between Turks, Greeks and Armenians was beginning...
Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: April/2022
