Reviews
Iran: Music of the Qajar Era
Infamous for their ineptitude, extravagance, despotism and venality, among other things, the Qajar dynasty is seldom praised when reflecting...
Reviewed by Joobin Bekhrad in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Coat-Tails Flying
Being able to play just about any kind of music on any kind of squeezebox (with buttons, that is), John...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2017
Ninikamawinan: Songs of Our People
When you consider the juggernaut of American colonisation and the effect it has had on Native Americans, it's amazing that...
Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Marchita
Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada plays a host of instruments, but says she most often opts for the Venezuelan cuatro guitar,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2022
Indio de Apartamento
An estranged cousin to last year’s Bill Frisell link-up, Lágrimas Mexicanas, this album is one that demands patience and time...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
Wood, Wire & Words
A mere four decades after his last album of original songs was released (1974's Fields of November), Norman Blake gives...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2015
Cape Jazz Series Vol 4: Musical Democracy
It would be crass to call the Cape Jazz Band ‘South Africa’s Buena Vista Social Club.’ But somebody’s got to...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014
Càirdeas
Brian Ó hEadhra & Fionnag NicChoinnich
With guitarist Brian Ó hEadhra hailing from Newfoundland (via Dublin) and NicChoinnich from Scotland’s Isle of Lewis, the duo’s third...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2021
Souleymane
Debademba consists of singer Mohamed Diaby, who comes from a Malian griot family and was raised in Abidjan in the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Bandázom
Ágnes Herczku is one of Hungary's best folk vocalists and has become even better-known since she's been a judge and...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015
